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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Gop Temple
ગોપનું મંદિર
Gop, Jamnagar, Gujarat · 22.0289°, 69.9291°
Surya, the sun god, with Vaishnava, Skanda and Shaiva imagery also presentMaitrakaUnusual variant of the Nagara style, with a square plan, pyramidal shikhara and corbelled construction
Sacred since
575 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
late 6th c. (Maitraka period)
Maitraka
History & significance
Standing on the Vartu river in Jamnagar district, this is one of the earliest surviving stone temples in Gujarat and the earliest in Saurashtra, radiocarbon-dated to about 550 CE. It is a Monument of National Importance.