Studies in Indian Art c14.s4.2

c14.s4.2

Sited on the western bank of a rectangular tank lined with stone slabs and having ghats on its sides, the temple stands on a raised stepped plinth with its doorway facing east. It is a triratha temple and has a small porch attached to it on the east. Each side consists of a middle projection the Raḥapaga (रहपग=रथपग) flanked by two recessed sides, each consisting of two parts, viz. the Anuraḥapaga (अनुरथपग) and the Koṇakapaga (कोणकपग). The plinth (Priṣṭha) consists of a double moulding. Above it is the vertical projection consisting of the Jaṅghā in two parts, the Talajaṅghā and the Uparijaṅghā separated by a projecting Kapotāvalī moulding. The lowermost course in the Talajaṅghā is adorned by decorative floral motifs in niches. The Talajaṅghā contains three sculptures on each of the three sides of the temple, one in the central niche (rathikā) of the Raḥapaga, and one each in the Anuraḥapaga and Koṇakapaga. On each of the north and south walls there is one panel extra. The Uparijaṅghā contains only one image in a central niche on each of the three sides. Each face of the temple thus has four images, and the three sides have twelve images in all plus two additional ones on the north and south walls.