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windows on each face of the spire. Hemmed between the windows are well-crafted sculptures of human figures. These sculptural formations are repeated one above the other in gradually reducing size, as the height of the spire increases. At the corners of the shrine, there are miniature spires, and the
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same type are built above them in an interior set-in feature which lies at the main large central spire. The external faces of the spires are well-ornamented with elegantly carved sculptures. There are many stone sculptures of
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which is of 2-foot-6-inch width. This passage gets natural lighting from two open cut-stone perforated windows. Of the original hall or
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Rear view of the temple as seen in 1874 photograph taken by
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The dilapidated Shiva temple in Kera, Kutch, Gujarat
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208:Between 9th to 11th centuries
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538:. Radhey Screen Printing.
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165:69°35′37″E
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