these temples are austere in their design and simple in decoration. they are important in architectural study to know the origin of nagara-style "shikhara" and the beginning of their complex designs in temple architecture. these temples also point to the second of the two early gujarat temple architecture schools; the north gujarat early nagara style and the saurashtra style which initially influenced and ultimately ousted by the evolving nagara style. the saurashtra style disappeared by the tenth century.