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(6) 'Inside (the bastis or Jaina temples) is a court probably square and surrounded by cloisters (*see* photo no. 149 of Jaina basti at Śrāvaṇa Belgola, Fergusson p. 270), at the back of which rises the vimāna over the cell, which contains the principal image of the Tīrthaṅkara.'—(Fergusson, *Ind. and East. Arch.*, p. 269, last para., photo no. 149, p. 270.)