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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
The projected portions in the ground plans of the ma峁囜笉apa
on either side are adorned with elevated Kak峁Ｄ乻ana at times,
but the arrangement of windowed balconies or entrances
through attached porches make the ma峁囜笉膩pa more sublime and
picturesque. The mandapas of the temples at Madhavpur
(Sun temple), Sejakpur (Jain temple), Prabhas (Sun temple on
Triveni and old Somnatha temple) Girnar (Nemi), Sarotra etc.
have such balconied windows while the temples at Ghumali
(Navalakha), Girnar (Neminath), Siddhapur (Rudram膩la, restored
plan), Modhera, Taranga have Kak峁Ｄ乻ana only.
In elevation part the man岣峚pa has a basement, the pillars
(with or without Kak峁Ｄ乻anas), the architraves and the domical
or stepped pyramidal superstructure.
In case of large temples the mandapa may be two, three
or even five storied structure. The Navalakh膩 temple at
Ghumali and the Ajitan膩tha temple at Taranga, the K膩lik膩
m膩t膩 and Vaidyanatha temples at Dabhoi etc. consist of two
storeys. The mandapa of the Rudramala temple at Siddhpur
was probably of 2 or 3 storeys as Burgess suggested. The
famous Dwarkadhis temple at Dwarka consists of five storeys.*
(ii) Canonical principles discerned.
M. P. has given a separate chapter on the Ma峁囜笉apa. In it,
it has discussed the various kinds of the man岣峚pa in accordance
with the dimensions of the shrine. It classifies the mandapas
into three categories Uttama, Madhyama and Kanistha.2 The
* During my visit to Mansa (Vijapur Taluka Dist. Mehsana ) 1 come
across a brick structure with a double storey. The structure except
probably, the part of a double storied mandapa is extinct. The extant
ma峁囜笉apa has a device of double stair-case which lead to the upperstoried
portion of the inner side projecting balcony. The protograph produced
here is indicative of the structure being storied with a dome over it.
It is also now ruined. The site of the extant temple is known as
G膩ndu derun.
1. M. P. CCLXX.
2. Ibid. 1. 2.