Kirti Torana

Highlights

• Two ornamental gateways, east one is better preserved.
• Built in Maru-Gurjara style (Solanki) architecture, these gateways are 40 feet tall.
• Built of red-yellow sandstone, they have battle and hunting scenes.
• They are probably part of a larger temple complex which no longer exists.
• They might have been erected to commemorate a battle victory.

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Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

• •The two toranas belong to the 12th-century are located just north of the walled town.
• •They stand on the bank of the Sharmistha Lake.
• •The one to the east is in better condition and has been used as a symbol of Gujarat in recent times.
• •Initially, one torana was intact while the other was ruined.

Architecture

• •The toranas, a pair of columns supporting an arch, about 40 feet (12 m) tall, built in red and yellow sandstone.
• •Both of them face the east with few houses in between them now.
• •They are among the few surviving examples of the entrance gates, once a regular feature of the architecture of Gujarat in the Solanki period.
• •The carving style of them is similar to the pillars of the Rudra Mahalaya Temple at Siddhpur and the Modhera Sun temple, suggesting they belong to the same period.

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