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Chaturbhuj temple gwalior

1. Jiwaji University Gwalior M.A. (AIHCA ) 4 th sem Seminar (PPT) Topic : Chaturbhuj Temple Gwalior Presented to : Presented by : Prof. S.D. Sisodiya Sakshi Batham

2. Chaturbhuj Temple Gwalior Fort

3. This temple is located on the eastern side of the fort near Hathipaur . This temple is very important from the point of view of architecture.It shows a combination of both structural and rocky architectural styles. This east facing temple is built on the Panchang plan. In its construction plan, a four pillared open pavilion ( Mandap ), Antarala and Garbhagriha etc. are planned. The Vedibandha is very low in which Jadya kumb , Khur kumbh and Kalash Bandhan are built. A Devakulika is built on each chariot on the thigh part, on which the design of Chaitya origin is decorated. The idols of Vishnu, Trivikram and Kartikeya ae enshrined in the bhadrakoshthas of the west-north and south.

4. According to an inscription embedded in the Garbhagriha , it was built during the reign of Mihirbhoja by a state officer named Alla . Alla’s father Vailabhatta Swami was the guardian of Gopadri , appointed so by ‘ Shrimad Adivaraha ’ ( Bhoja Deva ). There are two inscriptions on the temple: one engraved above the doorway and the inside the Garbhagriha . Both these inscriptions have been published by Hultzsch . The first inscription offers prayer to the Trivikrama form of Vishnu. This inscription is dated in 875 A.D. and indicates that the temple here was cut by chisel and marked by the syllable of Vishnu’s name The construction of the temple took place in the month of Vaisakha in 875 A.D. with the installation of a statue of Vishnu cut out of a single piece of rock and placed reverently in the Garbhagriha .

5. Architectural Features Architecturally, the Chaturbhuj Temple, originally known as Vayilla Bhatta Swamin temple, consists of a Garbhagrihaand the Mukha-mandapa and faces east. Its shrine is Pancha-ratha in plan but somewhat irregular because of the storage of the space around it for working. Its mukha-mandapa rests on two front pillars and back pilasters. The adhisthana of this temple consists of Khura , Kumbha Kalasha and Kapotika . The janghas has the Bhadras and Karnas with niches topped by Khura and Chhadya and surmounted by Udgamas . Above the janghas , the Varandika has two kapotika in between, above which rises the Shikhara following the Pancha-ratha alignment from below.

6. Though it consists of a Madhyalata flanked by balapanjaras , its karna portion has the amla and bhumis with kapotika and pediments in between. On the eastern side, the shikhara has a shuka-nasika which at its top has a chaitya niche with a four-armed seated image of Vishnu. As regards, the mandapa of the temple, it rets on pillars and pillasters with brackets above, on which rest the lintels carrying Krishna- lila scenes.

7. Among these, we find episodes of killing of Putana , breaking of the cart, Yamalarjuna incident, Dana lila , stealing of butter, the killing of Kesin and Aristasura , lifting of Govardhana and subjugation of Kaliya . Beyond this Mandapa , the doorway is carved with the river Goddesses Ganga and Yamuna with Dwarpalas . Above this, the doorjamb is marked with four Shakas and the lintel over it has the figure of Garudaholding the tails of the Nagas . Similarly, the upper lintel has a four-armed seated Vishnu figure whose hands are mutilated.

8. Images on the Bhadra and Karna of the temple, they include Vishnu (west), Trivikrama (north) and Varaha (south).

9. The niches of karna have the Digpals including Agni, Yama , Nirriti , Vayu and Kubera . Styles are particularly marked in the decorative scheme of the rupa-shakas , Gana , Pramatha , Mithuna and other decorative patterns. This temple also narrates the arrangements made for the puja-samskara so that oil for lamp and flowers and garlands for worship were made constantly available to this temple .

10. One of the temple inscriptions contains the earliest known inscription of the circular symbol “0”, to represent zero, in India, though the Bakhshali manuscript is regarded as the earliest existence of zero. The inscription states, among other things, that a community planted a garden of 187 hastas by 270 hastas , that the garden yielded 50 garlands for the temple everyday. The last digit of 270 and 50 are “0” shaped. While Indian and non-Indian texts mention zero much earlier, this temple has the earliest known epigraphical evidence inscribed in stone that already knows and uses the concept of zero. It is a relative small temple with a square plan of 12 feet side.

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