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The temple, known as Magaderu, 37 lies about one mile south of the village. The temple is of the pancayatana type and dedicated to Siva. The principal temple faces west. The temple complex consists of the main temple and five sub-ordinate temples attached to it. The former is surrounded by a pradaksina and has an half-opened mandapa with aisles. The sub-ordinate temples consist of only garbhagrihas. Out of them two lie in the two corners at the back of the main temple. Two of the other three, facing the mandapa, are situated at the western end of the northern side of the main temple. While the remaining shrine lies at western end of the opposite (southern) side. To the east of this shrine there is an entrance porch leading to the mandapa on its north. In front of the mandapa there is a small covered square room, open on the side of the mandapa and covered by walls on the other three sides. The western wall of the temple moreover is relieved by a window on either side of this room. The shrine of the main temple is square measuring 2.1 x 2.1 ms. and resting upon a high platform approached by a flight of three steps. The walls are internally plain but 36/2. In carving the Figure exhibits close similarity to those at Delmal (Architectural Antiquities of Northern Gujarat pl. LXIX) and Valam. 36/3 Dr. R. H. Godani, Nutan Gujarat (Weekly), Ahmedabad, dated 7-2-65 & 14-2-65. 37 Here Figs. 154 and 242.

510 The Structural Temples of Gujarat externally they have lateral projections on all sides except the front one. The external walls are moulded from base to top from which the Sikhara of the shrine rises. At the base, it has kumbha, antarpatra, kevala, and jangha mouldings with a pattika and niches for gods and goddesses at the centre. Over the pitha there is a heavy cornice. The major portion of the spire has perished, the extant portion has mouldings similar to those of the Ranakdevi temple at Wadhwan. The chases of the lateral projections from the base of the shrine, correspondingly rise towards the apex. The horizontal tiers of the spires are adorned with the Caitya-window ornament gradually diminishing in size at the centre on all the sides. The pradaksina is 1.8 ms. wide and has outward projecting kaksasanas rested on the dwarf walls, in the centre of each side. From the remains it can be guessed that pradaksina had a sloped roof over it, while aisles arround the mandapa had a flat roof. The central mandapa had central mandapa had a samvarna type of superstructure. The pillars, technically known as bhadraka, are square with projecting central portions and terminating into vertical chases through out the shafts of the pillars. The higher level of the garbhagriha in comparision with the level of the mandapa and the greater heights of the pillars of the nave of the mandapa in comparasion to the height of the pilasters at the aisles, when veiwed to gather, imply that the pillars of the nave were probably surmounted by dwarf pillars supporting the roof of the mandapa. But the roof and the dwarf pillars exist no more at present, Out of the five small shrines, the four at the four corners are almost square, measuring 1.3 * 1.2 ms. Each of them has a recessed platform attached inside to the backwall. The remaining shrine, on the east of the north-western shrine, measures 1.3 * 2-3 ms. and contains a recessed platform on all the sides except the front one. The external sides of the walls of these shrines have lateral projections which vertically terminate into chases. These projections and chases correspondingly rise to Sikhara till its apex.

Appendix A 511 The entrance porch on the south. corresponding to the opposite shrine measures 1.3 * 2.3 ms. with dwarf pillars on either side. The superstructure of it is lost.