The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s2.35

v1.c8.s2.35

The hereditary transmission of architecture is well illustrated by an inscription in the Jagannātharāya temple in Udaipur, Rajputana, of the year 1653 A.D. Its architects, Sūtradhāra Mukunda and his younger brother Bhūdhara, belonged to the family of architects known as Bhangora. Their ancestors came to Mewar from Gujerat, about 1389 A.D. and were the chief architects of the rulers of Mewar since then. This is stated in a record in the possession of their descendant, Bhanvaralal, from where the above account was published in 'Epigraphia Indica', Vol. XXIV, p. 56. To this family of architects also belonged Mandana, who built the Kīrtistambha at Chitor (1440-48 A.D.) and who was the author of the 'Vāsturājavallabha', Rūpamaṇḍana', and other works on architecture and iconography.