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In the laying out of villages and towns also the Vishṇu temples have been given preference. It is stated that the Vishṇu temples may be built any where in the village under the innumerable epithets of Vishṇu, such as, Śrīdhara in the east, Vāmana in the south, Vāsudeva, Ādi-Vishṇu or Janārdana in the west, Keśava or Nārāyaṇa in the north; Nṛisiṁha, Gopāla, Rāma (?) and others at the four corners. No such details are given regarding the Śiva temples. It is simply stated that the Īśa (Rudra) temples may similarly be built in the quarters known as Rudra-jaya, Āpa-vatsya, Jayanta, Parjanya and such other quarters, which are by no means prominent places in the village¹.