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It should be noticed that this maṇḍapa does not belong, as an attached or detached building, to any temple. It is by itself a temple. Such maṇḍapas or temples are named after the gods whose idols are consecrated in them, such as Vishṇu-maṇḍapa, Kālī-maṇḍapa, and so forth.