Kahjuraho [sic]. Lakshmana Temple, corner shrine (northeast).
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Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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Evidence of this solidity is noticeable even in the small chapels at the corners of the precinct at the Lakshmana Temple. The sikhara has retained its vertical thrust, to be sure
however, it is transformed from a plant-like to a stone-like growth, if we may use such an analogy, which does not surge upward in numerous stages, but rises in a singular mass. In the same light, the horizontal bands have made a dim re-appearance, perhaps only made more noticeable because of the lesser amount of secondary sikharas rising to the height of the main spire. The impression is thus not so much a cluster of sculptured elements, such as the Kandariya Mahadeo Temple, as it is an orderly stack of such elements. Nevertheless, the sense of magnitude is preserved in this miniature form and is no less awesome in its architectural accomplishments.
however, it is transformed from a plant-like to a stone-like growth, if we may use such an analogy, which does not surge upward in numerous stages, but rises in a singular mass. In the same light, the horizontal bands have made a dim re-appearance, perhaps only made more noticeable because of the lesser amount of secondary sikharas rising to the height of the main spire. The impression is thus not so much a cluster of sculptured elements, such as the Kandariya Mahadeo Temple, as it is an orderly stack of such elements. Nevertheless, the sense of magnitude is preserved in this miniature form and is no less awesome in its architectural accomplishments.
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circa 1970s
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