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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
temple is corroborated by 13th cent. inscription, found at
Somanathapatan, now preserved in Junagadh Museum.198/4
*Madhavpur ( Dist. Junagadh )
The only remaining part of the old temple of Madhavar膩ja
( Surya) is a dome in which is a circular ceiling with an
ornamental representation of Krisna slaying the great serpant
K膩liya. A Similar ceiling occurs in the temple of N膩r膩ya峁嘺 at
Manod, in N. Gujarat, but in this case, it is the four-armed
Vis峁噓, himself seated upon Se峁�a. 198/5 Recently, the interior of
the mandapa is cleared and the burried portion of the lower
part of the mandovara is exposed, 198/6
The Torana at Piludra. ( Dist. Mehsana )
It is believed to have formed a part of a Sun temple
which is destroyed though the remains are lying burried under
debris close by. The Tora峁嘺, too, is not intact, its architrave
and the pediment with its fine sculptures are mostly gone. No
vestige of the arch is to be seen. The pillars are profusely
and finely carved, 198/7 but are now out of plumb. It is also
trabeate in construction. There is no arch as bracket left in it.
The mouldings though not quite identical to Vadanagar Tora峁嘺
are of the type seen on the ma峁囜笉ovaras or walls of the temples
at Modhera, Sunak or other places and are made according to
the requirements of the Silpa-艢膩stra, 199
The Sital膩 M膩t膩 temple at Piludra
The Sitala Mata temple closely resembles of the old
temple at Kasara or Kasra, a small village about 22.4 km.
198/4. IK. Inscrip. No. 20, p. 726 lines. 19-20.
* along the sea-coast of Porbandar.
198/5. Smtk p. 87 plts. XCI, XCII.
198/6. Ind. Archaeology 56-57 p. 62. Here Fig. 116.
198/7. AANG. Plt. L, IX. Here Figs. 214/c, 214/d.
199. ARAB. 36-37 p. 6. Plt. VI.