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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CHAPTER XVIII THE MAIN SOURCE OR SOURCES OF CANONICAL PRINCIPLES
DISCERNED IN THE EXTANT TEMPLES OF GUJARAT
In the foregoing chapters the different stages and parts of temple architecture found in the old extant structutral temples of Gujarat have been noticed one by one and an attempt is made to trace the canonical principles of temple architecture discerned in them.
It will now be interesting to sum up the observations pertaining to different subjects mentioned above and to investigate on the basis of their co-ordination whether the architects of the temples of the different periods seem to have followed the canons given in any particular canonical work or works popular in Western India.
As regards the selection of the site for a temple most of of the pre-canonical as well as the canonical works on architecture recommend almost the same types of sites. The sites of the old extant temples in Gujarat are in accordance with these recommendations, especially those given in Br. Sm., Bh. P. among the early works and APPR. among the canonical works.
As for the orientation of temples the canonical works seem to follow the canons given in the early works to a large extent. However there are some variations in the case of temples of certain deities. The orientation of the Sun temples in Gujarat is confirmed by the APPR. rather than by the early works. The orientation of the temples of Brahma and Śiva confirms the canons given in the early as well as the canonical works. The orienation of the temples of Visņu however is not in full