Pallava Architecture, Part I (MASI 17) c2.102

c2.102

In front of the facade is a little open terrace. On the east side of which is a small panel containing a crude bas-relief figure of Ganēsa and three empty rock-cut niches. The style of the doorkeepers, the cubical pillars and the dormer window ornament decorating the cornice is typical of the Mahēndra period and there can be little doubt that this temple was excavated by the Pallavas. [Plate VIII (b)].