History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s8.53

v2.c24.s8.53

Other examples of this middle style of Jaina architecture are to be found at Pâlitânâ, Girnâr, and all the fashionable tîrthas of the Jains, but they have not been described or illustrated to that extent that enables us always to feel sure that what we see really belongs to this date, and may not be a repair or a modification of some pre-existing building. The Chaumukh — or Fourfaced—at Pâlitânâ seems certainly to have been erected in its present form in 1618, and is a very grand and beautiful example of the style.¹ The temple, too, of Âdîswar Bhagavan, which is the largest single temple on that hill, seems to have assumed its present form in 1530, though parts of it may be older. At least, it is certain that an older temple stood on the spot, though not with the fabulous antiquity ascribed to it by the priests, and credulously repeated by Colonel Tod.²