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Structural Temples of the Caulukyan Period
163 front of the cells or small shrines, about 44 in numbers, 9 of them in the back. The temple is placed towards the back end where the corridor has a double row of pillars. It is entered by a flight of steps ascending from the outer door to the covered area in front of the sanctuary. Over the porch is another large dome covering an area separated by a low screen wall from the area of the Mandapa between it and the front of the temple itself. On the east side of the temple is a large enclosed court.
The temple faces north-an usual position for a jain shrine. The balcony wall or front in the upper storey may be compared with the screen walls of the Navalakhā temple at Ghumali.185
The pillars on the raised platform immediately in front of the temple itself, and their corresponding pilasters, are more elaborately carved 186
Temples Built During Twelth Century A.D.
Vasai
The ancient name of Vasai was Kanakapuri. There are two old and interesting monuments. The main one being dedicated to Śiva is known as Kanakeśvara.186/1 This is a living shrine. The other monument which is called Junagadhi (?)187 is decidedly a temple which consisted of a sanctum, an antichamber, a porch and a varandah with a colonnade on each of
185. AKK. p. 208. 186. AKK. p. 208. * 9.6 Kms. N.E. of Dwarka, Dist. Jamnagar. The recent excavation by late-Shri P. P. Pandya at Vasai have confirmed the wide spread distribution of Harappan culture in Saurastra. 186/1. Here Fig. 107/a 187. A clear misnomer to a place of worship. The original name of the temple is forgotten. The site, at present is designated as Junāgadhimātā temple. (Indian Archaeology 1958–59 pl. c. 11.) Here Fig. 10716.
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