महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha.
Kathdāwan, Malak-Khera and Bhimān.¹
The temple of Eklingji is of an unusual
design having a double storied porch and a
double storied sanctuary, the former covered
by a flat pyramidal roof composed of many
hundred circular knobs, the latter roofed by a
lofty tower of more than ordinary elaboration.
“It would be difficult to convey a just idea
of a temple so complicated in its details. It
is of the form commonly styled pagoda, and,
like all the ancient temples of Siva, its
sikhara, or pinnacle, is pyramidal. The various
orders of Hindu sacred architecture are
distinguished by the form of the sikhara, which
is the portion springing from and surrounding
the perpendicular walls of the body of the
temple. The sikhara of those of Siva is invari-
ably pyramidal, and its sides vary with the
base, whether square or oblong. The apex
is crowned with an ornamental figure, as a
sphynx, an urn, a ball, or a lion, which is
¹ Tod's Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol. I,
p. 515. The shrine of Eklingji is endowed with twenty-four
large villages from the fisc, besides parcels of land from the
chieftains.
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