It is likely that the beam, richly carved with human figures, adorned the varandika of the temple, the adjoining portions between the temple walls and the spire. The protruding offsets typically contain mithuna figures inside the niches, while the recesses between the two offsets are beautifully carved with images of apsaras.
Location:
Sikar
Date_accepted:
2024-05-13T12:15:32Z
Modified:
2024-05-14T07:30:15Z
Type:
Image
Creator:
Temples of India Project Team
Contributor:
Anchit Jain
Publisher:
Jio Institute
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
References:
Rajasthan, Shakambhari Chahamanas , Temples of India, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Sikar