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Appendix A
525 cogged-wheel type of amalaśilā. The spire over garbhagriha in appearance is like that of the small temple at Sander and that of Āgiya Vaitāl temple at Bhankhar.
The maņdapa, to some extent, is restored and whole temple is heavily white-washed.
Tukada.
The Śiva temple at Tukada50 facing east, rests on a plinth nearly a meter high. It consists of a square garbhagộiha, and an attached maņdapa. The porch is extinct, the garbhagriha measures 2.2x2.2 meters. The walls internally, are plain.
The door of the garbhagriha measures 1.6 0.8 m. The door jambs, the lintel and the adumbara ( threshold) are beautifully carved with recessed niches for gods, goddesses and dancing damsels. The threshold has bold carved grāsa figures projecting nearly 18 cms.
The attached half covered mandapa is almost square measuring 4.5 x 4.1 ms. It is surrounded by dwarf walls over which a dwarf pillars rest. The central four pillars support the dome of the mandapa. The square frame of the mandapa above the capital terminates into an octagon on which the dome with several tiers rests. The ceiling of this dome is very peculiar. In the octagonal frame of the dome there is beautiful carved row of swans in various pleasing postures. There are also eight highly ornate brackets on which beautiful carved figures of females rest. Each tier of the dome has deeply carved concentric circles arranged into a triangle. The beautiful pendant hanging in the centre is lost.
The space between the central nave of the maņdapa and traverse i. e. aisles is covered with slightly slopped roof. The dwarf walls of the maņdapa are plain.
* 28.8 kms. S. W. of Porbandar on the sea coast. 50. Here Fig. 159/b.
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