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TEMPLES IN TEZPUR DISTRICT |
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| According to
the general practice in Hindu temples, the presiding deity of the temple generally
occupies the niche or panel of the lintel of the stone doorframe of the sanctum. It
appears certain, therefore that this gigantic temple was dedicated to Surya or the
Sun-god. The sill of this door-frame is also of gigantic dimensions and shows a vase in
the centre flanked by two lions satatant. Each end
is occupied by a niche containing a male and a female and flanked by a smaller and
narrower niche on a recessed corner, containing a single human figure. It is a pity that
the jambs of this enormous door-frame have not been discovered as yet. The large jamb
in the public park appears to belong to a much later period. It is impossible
therefore to deduce the height of the door-frame correctly, but it is obvious from the
length of the lintel and the sill that the height of this' door-frame could not have been
less than 15'. |
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