The garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum), square in shape from the inside, features a distinct round or ghata (pot-shaped) linga, from which the temple derives its name, Ghateshvara. On the rear wall, a niche with an udgama (pediment of interconnected chaitya dormers) is fixed, housing a figure of a deity (currently without a head). Adjacent to it is another sculpture of a four-armed Goddess. The sculpture of this Goddess may belong to a later period, as her appearance differs from other sculptures in the temple.

Creator

• Temples of India Project Team

Mitwirkende

• Dr Nikita Rathore

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Stichwort

• Ganesha
• Vamana Temple
• 10th - 11th Century CE
• Temples of India
• Temple
• Mahishasuramardini Temple
• Ghateshwar Temple
• Pratihara
• Shiva
• Sadashiva Temple
• Vishnu
• Nagara temple architecture
• Chittorgarh
• Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
• Jodhpur Circle
• Rajasthan
• Baroli
• Rawatbhata
• Architecture

Ort

• Chittorgarh

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

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