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MAULIK HAJARNIS
SAMBODHI-PURĀTATTVA
Mandapa (the Hall)
Mandapa from South-east direction
The temple however in a ruined state, some portions of the Mandapa still retains. The Mandapa or the portico is about 12 mts. wide each way and its roof is supported by 8 pillars of the central dome and by the smaller ones standing in pairs in the screen walls (Vedi) that surround it. The mandapa is of the usual Solanki design supported on almost plain pillars. The inner 8 pillars are 4.3 mts, each, in height, having double capitals.
This double - capital feature is very unusual and not found eleswhere. These free standing main 8 pillars possess a square base with cut corners and two
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