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‘The temple itself, with its enclosing cloisters (bhrama) measures . . . The court is surrounded by cloisters (bhamti-bhrama) in which, besides three small temples on the north, south and west sides each in line with the centre of the principal maṇḍapa, there are the orthodox number of fifty-two small shrines (*cf.* Prākāra and Parivārālaya) each crowned by a śikhara or spire.’
‘The inner façade of the cloister or bhamti (Skr. bhrama) is interrupted only by the three small temples mentioned above, by the large entrance porch on the east, and by smaller entrances on the north and south near the east end. The corridor (alinda) is about nine feet wide all round and is raised by four steps above the level of the court.’
‘The entrance porch on the east projects considerably and is flanked inside by stairs, in line with the bhamti (bhrama) on each side . . .’—(Ahmadabad Arch. Burgess, *Arch. Surv.*, New Imp. Series, Vol. XXXIII, pp. 87, 88.)