Studies in Indian Art c13.s2.5

c13.s2.5

At a distance of 18 ft. from the pillars towards the east side a mukha-maṇḍapa resting on four square pillars was once built, which probably served as a maṇḍapa for the Nandi bull. The pillars of this maṇḍapa were standing in situ until about three years back when the restoration work of the temple was undertaken. Due to some misunderstanding on the part of the P.W.D. Engineer, the old pillars were pulled down and were replaced by modern pillars. The mukha-maṇḍapa seems to have measured 8 ft. square from centre to centre of each pillar. Dr. A. S. Altekar who saw the temple with Dr. Mathura Lal Sharma of Kotah before the Mukha-maṇḍapa was demolished informs me that he read on one of the pillars the name Gopavaraman written in Gupta script.