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Appendix A 511 The entrance porch on the south. corresponding to the
opposite shrine measures 1.3 脳 2.3 ms. with dwarf pillars on
either side. The superstructure of it is lost.
Dwarka
The Rukamani temple 38 at Dwarka. is vaguely noticed. It is
older than the present Dwarkadhi艣a temple. It faces west.
In plan it consists of a square garbhagriha, an attached
ma峁囜笉apa and a porch. There is also another open rectangular
detached porch in front of the porch attached to the ma峁囜笉apa.
The door frame, the lintel and the threshold of the garbhagriha
are older. The door frame consists of three Sakh膩s (jambs)
with usual niches for gods and goddesses, similarly the recessed
lintel also has niches for gods and goddesses and dancing
damsels. The centre of the upper jamb of the door frame is
marked with a figure of Ganesa.
The garbhagriha has a recessed seat on which the present
image of Rukama峁噄 is consecrated.
The pillars of the mandapa have kicaka mouldings at bharant.
The shafts of the pillars have bands of Kirtimukha. The popular
ghatpallava moulding is seen at the base of the pillars. The
original superstructure of the mandapa seems to have been perished,
the present dome being a newly erected structure.
In front of the attached porch there is
is
a rectangular
detached open porch. Its pillars and brackets supporting the
beams are quite dissimilar to those of the mandapa and the
attached porch. Its seems to have been a later addition to the
structure. The brackets are similar in design, but smaller in
dimension, in comparision to those found in the Hiragate at
Dabhoi.
The exterior of the shrine is profusely carved with
gajathara, narathara and grasapatti as the moulding of the base.
Over the mouldings of kumbha there are ornate niches in which
38. Here Fig. 153.