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(3) "On the east elevation of the temple . . . . . eight small shrines (known as Ratha) stand in a row from north to south on each side of the eastern entrance, six on the left."
"The Ratha, on the extreme left, stands completely detached. It is a square shrine, with carved panels on the back of the chamber."
"A small platform is in front, with yali piers (blocks uncarved), each having its capital complete."
"The basement is a square granite plinth, and square free stone course with semi-octagonal moulding over; the upper base is a square granite course on which the superstructure rests; on the wall head over the pilasters are brackets which carry the cornice."
"As these shrines are very similar to the monoliths at Māmallāpuram, known by the name of Rathas, the term is here used advisedly."
(Pallava Architecture, Arch. Surv. new Imp. series, vol. xxxiv. p. 22, paras 3, 4, 5, 6; note 96; see plate xxv).