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Description: | Photograph of the Sarasvati Temple, Gadag taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. The Sarasvati temple stands in a compound in the south of Gadag with the larger Trikuteshvara temple. Both temples open on to a central hall and are decorated in a similar style with many pilasters and figural panels overhung with eaves. In the 'List of Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency' Cousens describes the temple as : ''...a little gem. The pillars of the hall are most minutely and delicately carved with a profusion of ornament. The ceilings, parapet wall and shrine doorway are all equally well decorated. Within the shrine, seated upon a sinhasana, is a mutilated life-sized image of Sarasvati wearing an abundance of jewelery, all beautifully carved in black polished stone.'' This view looks towards the open-sided mandapa of the temple. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Cousens, Henry | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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