Durg Temple Aihole

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1. Aihole is known as the Cradle of Indian Temple Architecture. U see Durg Temple. With its back resembling the hind part of an elephant it has a fallen shikhara. It is built on the lines of the Buddhist Chaitya with an apsidal shaped cella shaped over which rises like a shikhara. The temple is surrounded by a parapet and short pillars that (you see) support the devakoshtas, mantap pikars and other images.

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