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The '''Kalika Mata Temple''' is located at New Dhrewad in [[Devbhoomi Dwarka district]], [[Gujarat]], India.

== Location and history ==
The temple belongs to [[Maitraka]] period (7th century). The temple is one of the two ancient temples located near the village, other being Rajal Vejal Mata temple.<ref name="Nanavati Dhaky 1969">{{cite journal | last=Nanavati | first=J. M. | last2=Dhaky | first2=M. A. | title=The Maitraka and the Saindhava Temples of Gujarat| journal=Artibus Asiae. Supplementum | publisher=JSTOR | volume=26 | year=1969 | doi=10.2307/1522666 |pages=45, 58–59| jstor=1522666 }}</ref> The temple is inscribed as the [[Monument of National Importance]] (N-GJ-122) by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-MAT-latest-dwarka-news-035004-548227-NOR.html|title=ધ્રેવાડના મંદિરની તંત્ર દ્વારા જગ્યાની જાળવણી થતી હોવાની લોકોમાં બૂમ|date=2016-07-13|work=[[Divya Bhaskar]]|access-date=2018-03-12|language=gu}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
[[Madhusudan Dhaky|M. A. Dhaky]] and Nanavati has classified this temple of Vimanakara type due to its ''[[shikhara]]'' (spire) with neo-Dravidic subtype.<ref name="Nanavati Dhaky 1969"/>

The east-facing temple is a ''sandhara'' (sanctuary with an interior ambulatory) type temple with its adhisthana (base) visible at the few places. The sequence of carvings is as follow: large ''padma'' (inverted cyma recta), ''kusuma'', ''vajana'' ("plank-edge" moulding), ''kandhara'' (necking), ''uttara'' (beam), ''urdhvapadma'' (upper cyma moulding), ''kapota'' (roll cornice) and ''pattika'' (plain band). ''Padma'' is not yet evolved into ''Kumbha'' (pot) visible in future ''Nagara'' class temples and ''kumuda'' are very large and not yet evolved in ''[[kalasha]]'' (urn).<ref name="Nanavati Dhaky 1969"/>

The square cella has plain walls crowned with an ''urdhvapadma'' with dog tongue carvings and a ''kapota''. The ''shikhara'' superstructure has five tiers, each having ''[[chandrashala]]'' carvings in decreasing numbers from five to one. The last tier is flanked by half dormers. It is crowned by an ''amlasaraka'' ("corrugated wheel" just below the finial) and a ''kalasha'' which may be added later. There is no deity inside the cella.<ref name="Nanavati Dhaky 1969"/> There are some idols placed inside now.

The ''[[mandapa]]'' hall is closed from sides with plain walls. There is a window at the centre with a ''dandachadya'' (corrugated hood) and ''surasenaka'' (trefoil ''chaitya'' dormer) above it. A band of "rafter’s ends" and a ''kapota'' runs on the top area of the walls. There are four ''bhadraka'' (square pillar with recesses) type pillars in the centre. The ''mukhamandapa'' (entry porch) seems later addition.<ref name="Nanavati Dhaky 1969"/>

==References==
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{{Hindu temples in Gujarat}}
[[Category:Hindu temples in Gujarat]]
[[Category:History of Gujarat]]
[[Category:7th-century Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Cultural history of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Devbhoomi Dwarka district]]

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