Bisaldeo Temple: Architectural drawings

By Ar Deepak Gahlowt and his team*

The Bisaldeo Temple has access through a series of steps downwards towards the west from the road. It consists of the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) connected with the mahamandapa (hall) through a vestibule or antarala, followed by a mukhamandapa (front porch) in plan. The temple is built out of white sandstone and faces west in the direction of Banas river. It lacks a pradakshina path, or circumambulatory path and is, therefore, of the nirandhara variety. Each of the lateral transepts of the mahamandapa has a cell with a flat ceiling, which lies vacant at present. Roughly above these transepts are the protrusions providing asanapatta and kakshasana (elevated sitting area), above which are five dwarf pillars.