Hindu Temples in Gadag District - Lakkundi, Lakshmeshwar, Gajendragarh, Sudi, Gadag-Betigeri, Kasivisvesvara Temple, Lakkundi (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Lakkundi, Lakshmeshwar, Gajendragarh, Sudi, Gadag-Betigeri, Kasivisvesvara Temple, Lakkundi, Doddabasappa Temple, Trikuteshwara, Itagi Bhimambika. Excerpt: Dodda Basappa Temple at Dambal, a unique 24-pointed, uninterrupted stellate (star-shaped), 7-tiered dravida plan, 12th century CE The Doddabasappa Temple is a 12th century Western Chalukyan architectural innovation in Dambal, Karnataka state, India . The temple is located about 20 km (13 miles) south east of Gadag city and 24 km (16 miles) south west of Ittagi in Koppal district. The sanctum contains a Shiva linga, the symbol of the presiding deity, God Shiva. The temple interior is a standard construction and consists of a sanctum (cella), a vestibule ( antarala ) and a main mantapa (also called navaranga or hall). The vestibule connects the sanctum to the mantapa . The Western Chalukya monuments, regional variants of pre-existing dravida (South Indian) temples, defined the Karnata dravida architectural tradition. Temple plan Twenty-four pointed stellate plan of vimana of Dodda Basappa Temple in Dambal, 12th century CE Stellate plan The temple is based on a very original 24-pointed uninterrupted stellate plan (star shaped) and uses soapstone as its basic building material. Contemporary stellate plans of the Bhumija shrines in central India from where the inspiration for this temple came from, were all 32-pointed interrupted types. No temples of the 6-, 12-, or 24-pointed stellate plans are known to exist anywhere in Karnataka or Maharashtra, with the exception of the Doddabasappa temple, which can be described as a 24-pointed uninterrupted plan. In an 'interrupted' stellate plan, the stellate outline is interrupted by orthogonal (right-angle) projections in the cardinal directions, resulting in star points that have b...