Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c7.s1.11

c7.s1.11

Of the pillars there are three varieties. The four in the hall are alike and are richly carved (Fig. 5). They are somewhat similar in style to those in Vimala Śā’s temple at Abu and the old temple of Somanātha at Paṭṭan. A second variety is found in the main, or west, and the south porches, while those in the north porch differ again from these. though not so much as they all do from those in the hall. The principal difference in the porch pillars is that, while those in the west and south porch rise from the square to round necks and round capitals, those in the north porch continue the square plan all the way up. It might have been expected that, since the side porches are symmetrically placed with reference to the whole building, their pillars would have been of the same pattern, even though those of the main porch differed. The pilasters correspond, more or less, with the pillars which stand before them.