The ceiling of the mahamandapa (pillared hall) is supported by eight elaborately carved tall pillars. Each pillar begins with a square base, transitioning into a shaft that is square in the lower portion, octagonal in the middle portion, and circular in the upper portion. Above these sections are architectural mouldings, a shaft that supports the capital, and carved bharvahakas (mythical flying load-bearing figures).

Creator

• Temples of India Project Team

Contributors

• Anchit Jain

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Keyword

• Banas river
• 12th century CE
• Tonk
• Vigraharaja IV
• Rajasthan
• Bisaldeo Temple
• Chauhan dynasty
• Architecture
• Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
• Bisalpur
• Gokarneshwara (Gokarnesvara) Mahadev
• Temple

Location

• Tonk

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

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