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Jakaram Temple

The Jakaram Temple is a small single-shrine temple on a mound in the fields outside Jakaram, on the Warangal–Mulug road. It is noted for its carved doorway jambs.

Period
Kakatiya
Materials
Large stone blocks
Location
18.1697° N, 79.8784° EWarning: approximate

Source of the position: The GPS of Wikimedia Commons photographs of the temple, taken in 2021

Condition
The image is missing, and the base is partly buried (1966).
A stone temple stands on a raised platform in open red ground under a blue sky. The shrine walls are partly rebuilt. A row of pillars without a roof stands in front of the shrine. A large tree grows on the right side.

The temple at Jakaram stands on a raised stone platform. The photograph shows the temple during its restoration in 2021. Many pillars in front of the shrine stand without a roof.

Photo: P. Madhusudan, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0

A carved stone doorway leads into a dark inner chamber. Bands of carved scrolls and small sculptures run up the door frame. Perforated stone screens stand on both sides of the door. Panels with standing people in relief sit at the foot of the frame. A row of small seated sculptures is carved above the door.

The doorway of the shrine has carved bands on its frame and stone screens on both sides. Small carved panels at the foot of the frame show people in relief. The photograph was taken in 2021.

Photo: P. Madhusudan, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Detail

  • The temple stands about a furlong from the Warangal–Mulug road outside Jakaram, on a low mound among fields. It faces south.Rama Rao 1966
  • The temple has a garbhagriha, an antarala and a mandapa with porches on three sides. Its walls are plain, built of large stone blocks, and its flat roof has no vimana.Rama Rao 1966
  • The antarala jambs show a woman with a bow and arrow, attended by two others. Gopalakrishna Murthy reads the scene as a huntress removing a thorn from her foot.Gopalakrishna Murthy 1964
  • The pedestal in the garbhagriha survives, but the image is missing.Rama Rao 1966

Also recorded as

  • Jakaram

Sources