Kalika Mata Temple, New Dhrewad

The Kalika Mata Temple is located at New Dhrewad in Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat, India.

[1] The temple is inscribed as the Monument of National Importance (N-GJ-122) by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

[2] M. A. Dhaky and Nanavati has classified this temple of Vimanakara type due to its shikhara (spire) with neo-Dravidic subtype.

The sequence of carvings is as follow: large padma (inverted cyma recta), kusuma, vajana ("plank-edge" moulding), kandhara (necking), uttara (beam), urdhvapadma (upper cyma moulding), kapota (roll cornice) and pattika (plain band).

[1] The square cella has plain walls crowned with an urdhvapadma with dog tongue carvings and a kapota.