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NORTH INDIA
a closed hall (gūḍha-maṇḍapa) with an attached open hall (mukha-maṇḍapa) and a porch (mukha-catuşki), but was partly renovated in 956, and deva-kulikās surrounding the temple proper, the main sikhara and a toraṇa were added in the eleventh century. The original sanctum has survived only up to the wallcornice, while the sikhara clustered by three rows of turrets is later restoration in the developed medieval style of Rajasthan."
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FIG. XV. Osia: Mahavira temple-complex, a deva-kulika
In spite of these additions the temple retains some kind of organic unity. The surrounding chapels (deva-kulikās) normally have a tri-anga design with moulded pitha, jangha decked with sculptural representations of Jaina divinities and mukha-catuşki with eaves and decorated roofs and interior. Yet, a close structural examination shows that these were built in different stages in the eleventh century as pointed out by Dhaky. Besides the decorative aspects, the sculptures illustrate beautifully the complex Jaina iconography of the period including Jinas, Vidya-devis, apsarases, Dik-pālas, etc. Architecturally, the deva-kulikās bear the Gurjara stamp to considerable degree. The earlier one still retain the older Rajasthani (Māru) features (plate 143).
1 Krishna Deva, Temples of Northern India, New Delhi, 1969, p. 31. Dhaky, op. cit., pp. 319 fr.
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