Temple of Satrunjaya

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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VIEWS OF THE TUKS
Plates 1 to 4 : General Views
7/rom various points on both summits very picturesque views of large
groups of the temples are presented. Others will be noticed in the course of this description; but for the better understanding of the relative arrangement of the various enclosures, four of these may be here particularised:
1. The view from the wall of the pathway on the south-east of the northern ridge, commands the whole of the southern summit and the buildings in the valley. On the crest of the south hill rises the spire of the great temple, that of Adisvara Bhagavan, the most sacred spot on this sacred mount. To the east of it are seen some of the loftier spires of temples within the same enclosure, and among them the canopy, over the temple of Pundarika, above the gate leading to the great temple. A little nearer, the spectator may mark the temple built by Manet Nayamalji of Jodhpur in 1629, with its pillared porches all round, and a little to the west of it, the large dome and spire of the Digambara temple. In the outer enclosure there are many smaller temples, and to the left of the tree beside the Vaghano pole or Tiger gate, by which it is entered, stands the temple of Hirachand Raykaran of Daman, built in 1803. Nearer is the Sugala pole or gate leading into the small square lying just outside the Tiger gate, and containing a tank called the Isvarakund and a small building of two stories on its eastern wall, behind which, on a still lower level, there are some office houses. From the Sugala pole, a series of steps leads down to the area in front of the Motisah enclosure,
-a tuk of which the numerous spires and roofs form a picture by themselves. Behind it, to the right, the higher walls of the tuk and the upper position of the Balabhai temple meet the eye. In front of the Motisah, on the nearer side, are also two pretty temples, under a tree to the east of which is hidden the small gate called Ram pole by which the enclosure is entered from outside. Lastly, away in the valley, in the distance to the left, the Satrunjaya river is seen meandering from west to east with low hills beyond it.
2. The view looking northwards from the roof of the small building to the east of the Sugala pole, mentioned above, presents the Motisah in
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