Temples & Legends Of
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Temples & Legends Of
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KHANDOBA - JEJURI |
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The temple
consists of a square garbhagriha and a square mandap of the open variety. These are
enclosed in a rectangular courtyard surrounded by pillared aisles. Both the garbhagriha
and mandap are square on plan. The shrine has recesses and the offsets both vertical and
horizontal. The mandap has a stone asana all round. The pillars are of the Yadav order and
the ceilings are trebeate. The rectangular courtyard is surrounded by pillared aisles and
arcades. There are several dipmalas and arched gateways around the temple, The verandah on
the north of the temple has crude pillars of the Yadav order. The temple has three distinct shikhars. The most prominent is the one on the main
shrine, the second one covering the antarala and the third one is right in the course of
the mandap. Immediately above the shrine a sprare stucco platform is led up some eight
feet. This platform is decorated with arched recesses and on the corners are cypress
pillars. Above this is a band of lotus bud design so common to all Maratha works. Upon
this platform is the main shikhar a step like structure with nine tiers. The plan is
polygonal. A fluted stucco amalaka and kalash surmount the shikhar. Each tier of the
shikhar is decorated with recessed arched niches. on the four corners are four small
stucco minarets. Many of the niches contain figures of gods and goddesses and other
personalities who wear the characteristic pagdi, the long flowing angarkha, dhoti
and surwar and the prominent moustache of a Maratha warrior. |
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