Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c31.33

c31.33

Of the temples in Kathiawar contemporary with the above, and therefore also dating from the eleventh century, that of Navalakha at Ghumli, and a group of the same name at Sejakpur are prominent examples, both grievously dilapidated, but clearly fine conceptions when in their prime. In the case of the former, the plan is on the diagonal principle with the two compartments of the pillared hall and shrine chamber conjoined to form one building, the whole being remarkable for the depth of its projections and recesses, thus producing vivid passages of light and shade. In addition the mandapa is in two stories, and, as it stands on a high and wide platform contained within an enclosing wall or screen, the effect when complete must have been impressive. Of the buildings at Sejakpur one of these still displays enough of its sikhara to show that the feature was composed of a close grouping of semi-detached turrets or *urusringas* at its base, and therefore in this respectfully typical of the style. (Plate CIV). Its pillared hall is a graceful arrangement of large columns forming a nave in the centre, with the succession of smaller pillars around comprising an aisle. The plan of the vimana illustrated the foliated system of projections, and these, carried up into the body of the structure add much to the richness and vitality. Both these Kathiawar examples are of moderate size, that at Ghumli being eighty feet long and that at Sejakpur seventy feet