The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c24.s1.1

c24.s1.1

THE temples at these two places are so much alike, being almost duplicates of one another, that they may both be taken together in our description of them. In the one—that of Kaithabhēśvara at Ānavaṭṭi—the edge of the roof of the hall has all been minutely carved and finished off, whereas, in that of Śantēśvara at Tiḷivaḷḷi, the blocks around the corresponding course have been left uncarved. Many of the central blocks on the tower have also been left unfinished. This shows, very clearly, the custom, at the time, of executing all surface carving after the stones were built into their positions.