Jagat, Udaipur
The Ambica Mata Temple at Jagat 56 kms. from Udaipur can be reached via. Debari-Kurawad from Udaipur City. It shows an elaboration in dressing and ornamentation. It is of a developed class without an ambulatory and consists of a sanctum with a pancharatha shikara of seventeen turrets, a vestibule with stepped and gabled roof, a central hall with latticed windows in the lateral transept, and a porch enclosed by a balustrsade. The temple shows a elephant bend between the sock and the todium moldings which continue to be simple, but include a recessed fillet decorated with diamonds framed by pilasters. The wall is highly ornamented and shows on each of the five buttress sculptured forms, those on the cardinal points and corners displaying respectively female deities and the regents in niches, surmounted by a balcony model design, as a Khajuraho. The auxiliary buttresses are carved with elephants surmounted by apsaras, while the recesses show rampant vyalas or apsaras in enchanting postures. The central ratha of the shikhara extends to the neck which is crowned by two amalkas and a pot finial. The roof of the closed hall is pyramidical and composed of diminishing tiers. The ceiling of the closed hall is carved with three cusped and coffered courses terminating in a central pendent, while the ceiling of the enclosing hall is composed of three simple cupid courses as at Khajuraho. This building resembles the Khajuraho Temples also in the treatment and décor of the balustrade, pillars, architraves, ceilings, walls and the roofs.






