Wood Sculpted Haveli- Swaminarayan Mandir 18
Top portion of Wood Sculptured Haveli in the Swaminarayan Mandir complex, Ahmedabad.
This three-storey mansion was constructed by Acharya Maharjshree Keshavprasadji Maharaj in 1871.
The Haveli itself rests on octagonal and square wooden pillars on which Ardh-murt relief sculpture of flowers and creepers is engraved. Angles of wooden pillars, carved in free hand design and the shapely Bharnai, which balconies rest on. The Sabha mandap, an extensive Central Hall, has been constructed on sixty pillars. There are giant size madal-shilp sculptures on twelve high pillars in the front row on which rest the portico of the first floor, capture our attention with its great artistic appeal.
Wood Sculpted Haveli- Swaminarayan Mandir 18
Top portion of Wood Sculptured Haveli in the Swaminarayan Mandir complex, Ahmedabad.
This three-storey mansion was constructed by Acharya Maharjshree Keshavprasadji Maharaj in 1871.
The Haveli itself rests on octagonal and square wooden pillars on which Ardh-murt relief sculpture of flowers and creepers is engraved. Angles of wooden pillars, carved in free hand design and the shapely Bharnai, which balconies rest on. The Sabha mandap, an extensive Central Hall, has been constructed on sixty pillars. There are giant size madal-shilp sculptures on twelve high pillars in the front row on which rest the portico of the first floor, capture our attention with its great artistic appeal.