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
Sikhara wall. The whole temple is elaborately carved and has some subsidiary temples round it. The smaller temple called Kasi Visvesvara, standing in the compound, is said to be older than the main shrine. Several sculptures are to be seen on the outer walls of the main temple. They represent the Navagrahas, the Dikpālas, the chief gods of Hindu pantheon and some scenes from the life of Krisna and Pandavas 58. The temple is profusely ornamented with carving and the figures are noticeably quaint and suggestive. From the style of the structure it is not later than the fifteenth century A. D.58b
Temples of 16th Cent. A. D.
There existed a Jain temple dedicated to Samindharnatha at Vamaj (Dist. Mehsana) during V. S. 1562 (A. D, 1506 ).59
At Moti Dau* there is the temple of Bhavaneśvara Mahādeva which, according to a stone inscription in it, was built in V. S. 1565 (A. D. 1509). The marble images of Pārvati, Brahmāṇī and Varahi which are found in it, are noteworthy.
58/a. ARAB. p. 12. Here Figs. 138-144
58/b. Shri Dhaky believes that Mularāja built a large temple at Vadnagar, now going by the name of Haṭakeśvara. He further states that the Veņukosa of the lofty mulamanjari gives a clue to the nature of Sikhara and its date. The original temple was the Latina (i. e. Ekasringi monospired) type like Raṇakadevi temple at Wadhwan. (CSTG. p. 20). But the nature of the ground plan of the temple and the projection thereof correspondingly carried off upto the apex of the Sikhara come into the way of acceptance of his theory. The original form preserved in the lower protion of the central Sikhara, the urusringas and the ṣringas clearly indicates that the original temple could not be a mono-spired one. Moreover there is no literary and apigraphical evidence for the acceptance of the theory propounded by him. The present temple is definitely of late origin.
59. Lavanyasamaya, Aloyana Vinati.'
A village lying 4.8 Kms. north of Piludra (Dist. Mehsana)
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