The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c30.s1.2

c30.s1.2

IN the temple of Dodda-Basappā at Dambal, thirteen miles south-east of Gadag and sixteen south-west of Ittagi, we come upon the plan of the Chālukyan temple in its fullest development, where it has left the rectangular for the star-shaped plan with many angles.¹ The general outline of the this particular temple is not unlike the Fig. 8, with a serrated edge all around (Plates CXXIII and CXXV). This is obtained by revolving a square about its centre, its angles stopping at points equidistant from one another, the angles and re-entrant angles thus formed, being the perimeter of the plan. The shrine is planned on twenty-four salient angles, and the hall on thirty-two, but the continuity of these is broken where the shrine joins the hall and where the porches come. This is the only known example of this class in the Kanarese districts of the Bombay Presidency, and was, perhaps, due to the incursions of the Hoysalas who seem to have been inclined towards this style.