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JAKANĀCHĀRYA—The architect of the temple at Halibid. Cf. “Jakanāchārya is the reputed architect of this magnificent building (Kait Iśvara temple), but he is also credited with having built all the temples, similar in style, throughout the district . . . . . A man of the same name is said to have built the temples at Madurā. Jakanāchārya was a prince who, having accidently killed a Brāhmaṇ, employed twenty years of life, with the hope of washing away this great sin, in rebuilding temples between Kāśī and Rāmeśvara (Cape Comorin)—so says tradition."