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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
*Kokra or Kakra (Kaccha): has two ruined old temples.
both of them Saiva. In the most easterly one there is a fine
door to the shrine...It is evidently old, of hard, compact stone,
and has a Caitya window ornament over each jamb and the
different comaprtments of the lintel. On the lintel 艢iva is carved
in the centre, Brahma on the left, and Vis峁噓 on the right, in a
very spirited style, with Kirtimukhas between. Some well
sculptured pillars also lie about.57
Kanthakot (Kiccha) also has an old Surya temple. The
temple is a simple one, but in style and design it resembles.
that of Surya temple at Bhimanatha near Prabhas. The Sikhara
of the Garbhagriha and the dome of the Mandapa have
fallen down.58
It consists of a square sanctum, an ambulatory, a closed
hall and a porch in front of it. The ambulatory has three
balconied windows around the square sanctum. The pillars of
the hall are plain square (Rucaka type). The porch is also plain.
The uttaranga of the squarish door-way has a panel of eight
planets. 58/1 The 艣ikhara, though completely ruined, seems to
have been placed over the cella above, the ambulatory being
covered with a flat roof.
Merutunga ascribes the construction of the Saiva temples of
Candanatha and Cacine艣vara (or V膩ci岣峞艣vara) to king Camunda
(997-1010 A. D. )59. His son Durlabha (1010-1022 A. D.) built
the temple of Mandana峁�ankara for the spiritual welfare of his
deceased brother Vallabha and also constructed a reserviour
called Duralabhasara at A峁噃ilpura 60, which according to some
scholars was subsequently elaborated into the Saha艣ralinga lake.
*About 16 Kms. South to Kanthakot in Kaccha.
57. AKK. p. 216.
58. BG. Vol. V. p. 225; also KSD p. 109 figs. on pp. 110-111 and 119.
58.1. This reminds us the instruction of Vi峁ａ箛udharamottara regarding
omission of Ketu (VDP. LXVII, 52 ).
59. PCT, 29; PCJ 20; DV. VII, 31; Ind. Ant. IV, 111.
60. PCT, 29; PCJ. 20.