Charbhuja Temple located to the right of the famed Ganesh Temple at Ram Pol exudes quietude and simplicity. This temple was built between 1443 – 1468 CE by the exemplary Maharana Kumbha.
The temple is built on a steep slope and has its own enclosure with an entrance on the east. The temple sits on a high platform and is accessed by a flight of steps.
The temple follows the same layout as the Ganesh Temple with two pillared mandapas, an antarala and a garbha griha. There is a large domical roof in the centre of the mandapa with a smaller domical roof on either side and over the entrance porch. The sides of the mandapas were closed off somewhere in the 16th – 17th century.
There is a majestic idol of Devi with four arms consecrated in the sanctum sanctorum. The stone shikhara follows the typical curvilinear design with miniature niches all round.
Written by Lakshmi Subramanian
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