Essay name: The Structural Temples of Gujarat
Author:
Kantilal F. Sompura
Affiliation: Gujarat University
This essay studies the Structural Temples of Gujarat (Up to 1600 A.D.).
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The Ground Plan of the Mandapa The entrance to the maná¸apa. 373 In case where the maṇá¸apa is enclosed by walls it is
provided with one, two or three entrance door ways. The ratio
of the height of the entrance to that of the shrine door is
prescribed as follows. The entrance to the maná¸apa may be
equal in width to that of the
height by, or 30 or it
the door of the shrine proper i. e. girbhagá¹›iha, 3 1
shrine proper, but exceeds in
should be 1, 1, 12 or twice
In the case of pre-Caulukyan temples such as at Khimesvar,
Navidhraved, Dhrasanvel, Balej as well as in the case of the
Caulukyan temples such as at Modhera, SomanÄtha ( extinct),
Taranga, Girnar (Neminatha) etc. the height of the entrance
door way is mostly found exceeding slightly that of the shrine
door, as specified above.
The projection of Mandapa.
The ground plan of the mandapa should be in straight
line () with that of the upper surface of the pitha and
the mouldings of the basement of the shrine should correspond
to those of the basement of the mandapa.
Further, the projections of the mandapa should either be of
th, or equal to the (length wise) space occupied by the
projecting portion. ³ ª
The Mandapa may have GvÄká¹£a (with lattice) at the bhadra
projection. In the case of the GÅ«dḥa maṇá¸apa the GvÄká¹£a should
be open. It is known as CandrÄvalokana (balcony). 33
The number of the pillars in a mandapa is one of the
determinant factors for its sub-varieties prescribed in the
canons.
30. Sm. Su. LXVI. 20.
31. Sm. Su. LXVII. 97�98.
32. PM. VII. 19 also APPR. CLXXXVI, 21 (i).
33. PM. VII. 20.
