Stairs at Girnar

Deloche (1993, page 103) noted that: ‘The access to temples set in the heights is frequently made easier by means of gigantic stairways… on the Kathiyavad peninsula even more spectacular stairways ascend to the extraordinary mountains sacred to the Jains, the Satrumjaya at Palitana, and the Girinagara or Girnar mountains at Junagadh. These ‘megalithic’ works … [Read more…]