Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c37.17

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The other is a Vaishṇava type of temple containing the images of the family deities, Lakshmī-Govinda and Rāja-Rājeśvara Nārāyaṇa. It is situated at some 400 yards to the west of the Śiva temple and is separated from the tank by a rectangular garden, 100 yards by 150 yards. It also faces the south, to which direction there are courtyard, garden, paddy-field, and the public road, east to west, to about 1,000 yards off the temple. The main shrine, a square of 16 feet a side, has a 7 feet 8 inches high and 10 feet 6 inches broad *śikhara* (spherical dome) of the *Mānasāra* pattern, rising above the roof 12 feet 4 inches from above the plinth and 16 feet above the ground. It has a colonnaded 6 feet wide verandah on all four sides, which may serve as the path for circumambulation on rainy days, the regular *pradakshiṇa* path being beyond the plinth. The pillars are of the *Mānasāra* type. This structure (Plates I*a*, I*b*) can be built in a town at a cost of less than Rs. 4,500, with marble floor throughout.