The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c29.s2.4

c29.s2.4

Although these pillars are so elaborately carved, yet, for good taste, the ornament is far too crowded with detail; and so, in contrast with them, stand the other pillars beside them. The various patterns of pillars in this little temple are so totally different in treatment that, had they been found isolated, they would have suggested different periods or widely different localities. The pillars of the third pair are not copies of any stereotyped pattern, for, as far as I know, they are not met with again within the limits of Chālukyan work in the Bombay Presidency. The great charm about them is the beautiful diaper pattern around their shafts, of which there is just sufficient to make us wish for more. It is a simple lozenge-shaped diaper, each division being filled with a flower; and the deeply-cut channels between each, making the flower-cubes stand out in sharp relief, enhance the crisp effect of the work.