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do not count much in the eyes of the modern artists who aptly call the temple a triumph of art.
The plan of this temple was undoubtedly suggested by that of Vimala Shah, and the architectural features are similar to those of the other temple. The chief objects of interest are the dome, the hastisala and beautiful carving on pillars and oells.
The dome stands on eight pillars which are somewhat higher than those that support the dome of Vimala Shah’s temple. It is a magnificent piece of work, and has a pendant that is a perfect gem. “Where it drops from the ceiling, it appears like a cluster of the half-disclosed lotus whose cups are so thin, so transparent and 80 accurately wrought that it fixed the eyes in admiration." " It hangs from the centre more like a lustre on crystal drops than a solid mass of marble.” It is finished " with a delicacy of detail and appropriateness of ornaments which is probably unsurpassed by any similar example to be found anywhere else. Those introduced by Gothic architects in Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster or at Oxford are course and clumsy in comparison."
The garbhagriha contains a colossal blaek Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com