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The Structural Temples of Gujarat temple is corroborated by 13th cent. inscription, found at Somanathapatan, now preserved in Junagadh Museum. 1984 *Madhavpur ( Dist. Junagadh)
The only remaining part of the old temple of Mādliavarāja (Sürya) is a dome in which is a circular ceiling with an ornamental representation of Kțișna slaying the great serpant Kāliya. A Similar ceiling occurs in the temple of Nārāyaṇa at Manod, in N. Gujarat, but in this case, it is the four-armed Vişnu, himself seated upon Seșa. 198/5 Recently, the interior of the mandapa is cleared and the burried portion of the lower part of the mandovara is exposed, 198/6. The Torana at Piludra. ( Dist. Mehsana )
It is believed to have formed a part of a Sun temple which is destroyed though the remains are lying burried under debris close by. The Torana, too, is not intact, its architrave and the pediment with its fine sculptures are mostly gone. No vestige of the arch is to be seen. The pillars are profusely and finely carved, 198/7 but are now out of plumb. It is also trabeate in construction. There is no arch as bracket left in it. The mouldings though not quite identical to Vadanagar Toraņa are of the type seen on the maņďovaras or walls of the temples at Modhera, Sunak or other places and are made according to the requirements of the Silpa-Sastra. 199 The Sitalā -Mātā temple at Piludra
The sitalā Mātā temple closely resembles of the old temple at Kasara or Kasra, a small village about 22.4 km.
198/4. IK. Inscrip. No. 20, p. 726 lines. 19-20. * along the sea-coast of Porbandar. 198/s. Smtk p. 87 plts. XCI, XCII. 198/6. Ind. Archaeology 56-57 p. 62. Here Fig. 116. 198/7. AANG. Plt. L, IX. Here Figs. 214/c, 214/d. 199. ARAB. 36-37 p. 6. Plt. VI.
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