Gop Temple
The 6th-century temple at Gop village (Jamnagar district) is one of the oldest surviving temples in Gujarat, notable for its unique Maitraka-period tower.
About
- Type
- Heritage
- from Keshod (by road)
- 136.3 km
- Time
- 1 h 57 min drive
- straight-line
- 87.5 km
- Direction
- North from Keshod
- Coordinates
- 22.0286, 69.9289
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From Wikipedia
The Gop temple is a Sun temple located at Zinavari village in Jamjodhpur Taluka of Jamnagar district, Gujarat, India. The Hindu temple is dated to the 6th century and is one of the earliest surviving stone temples in Gujarat. The original temple had a square plan, a mandapa and covered circumambulation passage which are lost, and a pyramidal masonry roof which is ruined but whose partial remains have survived. The temple has a height of 23 feet (7.0 m) which includes a small tower. The roof of the tower is decorated with arch-like gavaksha window shapes below an amalaka cogged wheel-shaped crown.
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