The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c25.s1.4

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The great open hall at the east end was originally supported upon sixty-eight pillars. Twenty-six of these are large ones, standing upon the floor and forming the main support of the roof; the rest, which were dwarf pillars, stood upon the surrounding bench and carried the sloping eaves. The larger columns are of different patterns, but are arranged symmetrically with regard to their designs. The four central ones are of the most complicated design, and are similar to those in the porch of the temple of Doḍḍa Basappā at Ḍambaḷ (Fig. 34). There are also round and square-shafted pillars as in Kāśiviśvēśvara at Lakkuṇḍi, the round sections, as usual, having been turned on the lathe.