Structural Temples of Gujarat

SR No.: 006728
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kantilal F Sompura
Publisher: Gujarat University Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 868
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 31 MB

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The Structural Temples of Gujarat In its structure marble has been used through out, except the Sikhara and cells round the corridors which are built of brick. On the outside of the wall, moulded bricks are used for the lines of horizontal mouldings.
Temples of 15th Cent. A. D. Jiyor (Dist. Baroda)
On the border of the village Jiyor there is the Kumbhalesvar shrine. A praśasti dated V. S. 1463 (1407 A. D.) set up in a niche at the said temple records the restoration of the Kumbhaleśvar by king Udayasinha's minister Goverdhan, the son of Jayasinha.28 Guneth* (Dist. Baroda)
The Guneth praśasti (the stone inscription) of the time of king Shaktisinha of Nanda padra, dated V. S. 1474 (A. D. 1418) records the construction of a temple dedicated to siva by one Vija 29
The temple dedicated to Ajitanātha at Taranga, which is believed to have been built during the reign of the Caulukya king Kumārpāla, is said to have been restored and extended by Govinda, who consecrated the principal image therein in V. S. 1479 (A. D. 1423).30 Pittalahara Temple at Delwada
The present image of Mūlanayaka of this temple is a big sculpture of Âdinātha cast in metal (mainly brass-pittalla hence the name Pittalahara given to this shrine). The figure * Situated between Chandod and Tilakwala in Narmada Valley. 28. Pandya A. V. Some newly discovered inscriptions in Gujarat, Inscrip. no. 14, WBR. Vol. I. No. 2 English section pp. 14-15.
* About 3.2 kms. S. of Tankhala (which is reached from Baroda by a narrow gauge line of W. R.) 29 lbid. Inscrip. No. 15, pp. 17, 18. 30 JTSS. Vol. I. pt. 1 p. 149 also Pratişthasoma, Soma Saubhāgya Kāvya (Composed in V. S. 1554 i. e. A. D. 1498) Sarga VII, 10-11.