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The Architectural Forms of Temples
291 elevation of the corner angles of the Sikhara at each storey. According to him it is also basically in tune with the Jagamohana-roofs of the Orissan type,
As observed by Shri S. K. Sarsvati10 the temples at Than (old Jain temple), 11 Visavada, 12 Harasadamata 13 (old) Pindara 14 and Bilesvara15 in Saurastra belong to the same class as that of Gop. To this group may be added similar temples at Balej (Sun temple)16 Bhansar, 17 Srinagar, 18 Khimeśvara, 19 Navi Dhraved, 20 Sonkansari,21 Porbandar82 and a few other places.
These temples are all characterised by almost square shrines surmounted by a stepped pyramidal superstructure. The shrine is generally surrounded by a covered ambulatory
10. S. E. p. 585. 11. SMTK. p. 50. 12. SMTK. Plts. XLIII, XLIV; Here Fig. 5. 13. Here Fig. 25.
The temple illustrated by him as the Harsadamata temple in fig. 45, in fact seems to be the old temple ( locally known as the Devi-sthānaka) situated on the slope of the hill, while the latter Harasiddhamātā temple lies on the summit. 14. Here Fig. 13. 15. The name spelt by S. K. Sarasvati, here as Villeśvara is obviously intended to be Bilesvara. Here Figs. 37-38. 16. Here Fig. 6. 17. Here Figs. 33-35. 18. Here Figs. 9-11. 19. Here Figs. 30-32. 20. Here Figs. 28-29. 21. Here Figs. 41-42. 22. Here Fig. 26.
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