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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in the centre. The temple faces west. The shrine dedicated to Siva is in the centre. The shrine on the south is dedicated to Vişņu while that on the north is dedicated to Kārtikasvāmi.
The triple-garbhagrihas are square measuring 1.9x1.9 ms. The central maņdapa, having 12 pillars, measures 3.8 x 3.8 ms. The pillars and the dome of the mandapa are similar in design to those of the temple. The attached porch measuring 1.8 x 1.5 ms, too, has similar pillars to those of Siddheśvara. The Vedikās (dwarf walls ) of the mandapa and the porch are plain while the external walls of the shrine have lateral projections terminating into vertical chases and different mouldings extending from the base to the top of the wall.
All the three garbhagrihas have usual curvilinear śikharas while the central mandapa and porch have stepped-out pyramidal superstructures. The old Temples in Polo (Sabarkantha District)
The forest tract of Polo lying to the north east of Idar in the Sabarkantha district contains a number of old temples, mostly in ruins at present. The tract represents the site of an old deserated habitation of the former Vijayanagar state which flourished in the post-Caulukyan period. The temples, now appearing scattered either and theither in the forest tract seem deserated by the people in consequence of the Muslim raids and being left to themselves have fallen victims to the distructive forces of the nature especially through the subsequent outgrowth of the vegetation, which has cut through the walls and in many cases lifted up the stone blocks of the superstructure leaving a wide gap between the two adjoining strata.
The temples represent almost a uniform style of architecture prevalent in the post-Caulukyan period.8 1 01. Unfortunately, I could not visit these temples personally but I could get much information about them from the articles of Shri D. M. Raval and Shri H. R. Godani published in Gujarati Journals and from the unpublished notes of Dr. H. G. Shahstri who had visited the