The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c24.s1.3

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The temple of Śantēśvara, at Tiḷivaḷḷi, is in the middle of the village. It has comparatively little figure sculpture about it, but it is fully decorated with other ornament. The outer side of the parapet wall around the hall, like that at Baṅkāpur, is very effectively decorated with an endless repetition of miniature śikharas. The three porches of the hall have rather pretty ceilings with very elegant rosette centres. The interior, unlike that at Ānavaṭṭi, is very low, and this makes it dark and gloomy and rather depressing.