Gop Temple
Jam Jodhpur Taluka, India
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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The Gop Temple is a sixth-century Sun temple located in Zinavari village, Jamjodhpur Taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, and stands among the earliest surviving stone temples in Gujarat. Originally built with a square plan, a mandapa, and a covered circumambulation passage—all now lost—the temple once featured a pyramidal masonry roof, of which partial ruins remain. The structure rises 23 feet (7.0 m) including a small tower whose roof is ornamented with arch-like gavaksha window shapes beneath an amalaka cogged wheel-shaped crown. Designated a Monument of National Importance, it represents a significant example of Hindu temple architecture from the early medieval period.
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- Type
- Hindu temple
- Heritage
- Monument of National Importance
- Place
- Jam Jodhpur Taluka, India
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