Shiva temple of sakor सकोर के शिव मंदिर

The Shiva temple at Sakor  

(सकोर के  शिव  मंदिर ) :

     The shiva temple at sakor village near hatta in damoh district stands on a large platform and comprises of a square sanctum preceded by an oblong closed mandapa.

sakor shiva temple

    Its podium replicates the mouldings of the Gupta temple at Bhumra while its doorframe too is largely similar with three sakhas but replaces the sakha by a twisted garland in the place of srivriksha motif. The central figure on the lintel here is a ten-armed Natesa showing advanced iconography.

shivalinga of sakor shiva templw

This temple has lost the top courses of the jangha with its roof and a portion of the mandapa. 

 

shiva linga of sakor shiva temple

    Its affinity to the Bhumra temple in many aspects added to its advanced iconography indicated that the temples is later by a decade or two and may date from the close of the fifth Century A.