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Appendix A 533 in the centre. The temple faces west. The shrine dedicated to
Siva is in the centre. The shrine on the south is dedicated to
Vis峁噓 while that on the north is dedicated to K膩rtikasv膩m墨.
The triple-garbhagrihas are square measuring 1.9脳1.9 ms.
The central ma峁囜笉apa, having 12 pillars, measures 3.8脳3.8 ms.
The pillars and the dome of the ma峁囜笉apa are similar in design
to those of the temple. The attached porch measuring 1路8脳1.5
ms. too, has similar pillars to those of Siddhe艣vara. The Vedik膩s
(dwarf walls) of the mandapa and the porch are plain while the
external walls of the shrine have lateral projections terminating
into vertical chases and different mouldings extending from the
base to the top of the wall.
All the three garbhagrihas have usual curvilinear 艣ikharas
while the central mandapa and porch have stepped-out pyramidal
superstructures.
The old Temples in Polo (Sabarkantha District)
The forest tract of Polo lying to the north east of Idar in
the Sabarkantha district contains a number of old temples,
mostly in ruins at present. The tract represents the site of an
old deserated habitation of the former Vijayanagar state which
flourished in the post-Caulukyan period. The temples, now
appearing scattered either and theither in the forest tract seem
deserated by the people in consequence of the Muslim raids
and being left to themselves have fallen victims to the
distructive forces of the nature especially through the subsequent
outgrowth of the vegetation, which has cut through the walls
and jn many cases lifted up
the stone blocks of the
superstructure leaving a wide gap between the two
adjoining strata.
The temples represent almost a uniform style of architecture
prevalent in the post-Caulukyan period.61
61. Unfortunately, I could not visit these temples personally but I
could get much information about them from the articles of Shri D. M.
Raval and Shri H. R. Godani published in Gujarati Journals and from
the unpublished notes of Dr. H. G. Shahstri who had visited the