Single-shrine temple with a Latina-Nagara Shikhara
Single-shrine temple with a Latina-Nagara Shikhara
Location:
Chittorgarh
Date_accepted:
2024-06-10T11:10:07Z
Modified:
2024-06-10T12:53:08Z
Type:
Image
Creator:
Temples of India Project Team
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
References:
Temples of India, Mahanaleshwar, Chahamanas of Shakambhari, Mahanaleshwar Temple, Shiva, 8th to 13th centuries CE, Temple, Jodhpur Circle, Suhavadevi, Mahanal Temple, Mahanal Temple and Math, Arnoraja II, Architecture, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Menal, Suhaveshwar Temple, Mauryas of Medapata, Rajasthan, and Chittorgarh
This is a single-shrine temple with a latina-nagara shikhara (mono-spire superstructure) next to the pratoli (entrance gateway), in the row of temples that are along the western boundary of the Mahanaleshwar temple complex. The central band of the shikhara (superstructure) is broader than the rest. The corner bands have karna amalakas (aedicules made of gavaksha or dormer window designs and separated by slender fruit-like ribbed discs). The temple is a simple construction, not austere in appearance and has lost the topmost portion of its shikhara. Latina shikhara in which the central band of the shikhara (superstructure) is broader than the rest. The corner bands have karna amalakas (aedicules made of gavaksha or dormer window designs and separated by slender fruit-like ribbed discs).