The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c11.s3.1
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c11.s3.1
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About a quarter of a mile to the west of the village of Paṭṭadakal stands a desecrated and disused temple which appears to have been Jaina. It is in the old Dravidian style, and, save for the kalaśa or pot finial, its tower is complete; but it is probably of a somewhat later date than Virūpāksha. Assuming that the outer open porch is part of the original design, I would be inclined to put it at a hundred or a hundred and fifty years later, in the reign of Amoghavarsha I., or Kṛishṇa II., that is, about the time some of the Jaina caves were being excavated at Ēlūra. The great elephants, one on either side of the entrance, are very reminiscent of those at Kailaśa and the Indra Sabhā at that place, and more especially the half elephants on the face of the latter (Fig. 21 and Plates XLIX, LI, LIII and LIV).¹