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The Temples in Kumbhariya
144.
The front half of the rangamandapa with its ornate as well as relatively plain end pillars of the Miśraka class. Their relative positions and harmony are unambiguously discernible.
145.
The aggregate view of the rangamandapa with trika in the background as noticeable from the north-western point in the western aisle reveals the total mass and volume of the interior.
146.
A similar but closer view with a shift of standpoint.
147.
The view of the columns, north side, of the rangamandapa as discernible from the mukhālinda corner emphatically reveals the fine proportionalities of the interior.
148.
The well-chiselled pīthikā and the kumbhikā moulding of a Miśraka pillar of the rangamandapa reveals how plain facets can be truly effective. The introduction of pīthikā was necessitated for adding height to the slender pillars.
149.
The view from the bhadra point of the mukhālinda unravels the combined volume of the rangamandapa and the trika. The loss of figures in the lateral rathikās of the stairway is pinchingly felt, just as its replacement by a stark white marble produces a jarring note in the symphony of organization.
150.
The view of the rangamandapa's central ceiling as it appears from the centre of the floor. The reduction in the number of kola courses here is not to the advantage of its appearance.
151. However, the same ceiling, when viewed from a tilted angle, allows the full 152. impact of the 'wave effect' inherent in its composition.
153.
The kola courses of the ceiling and the central four-kola lambana as well as the long padmakesara with two layers of petals betray elegance together with power of its overall constitution.
154.
The bhramantikā of the west side, though only less than half the length of those splendid parallels from the Delvādā temples, is still impressive and possesses a clear photogenic personality unlike the instances in the two earlier temples here. The pillars here are slightly taller and the proportions and intercolumniation are what is instrumental in producing right effects.
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