The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c36.s1.3
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c36.s1.3
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The remains now consist of several ruined temples, chief among them being that called the Chaturmukha-Basti, a cruciform-planned temple having four porches, one facing each of the four cardinal points (Plates CXXXIII, CXXXVII and CXXXVIII). The temple contains in its central shrine, which has four doors, the chaumukha or chaturmukha, which is a square altar or pedestal with four seated life-sized Jinas, one on each side of the square facing each door. The spire, if it ever had one, has disappeared. Around the temple was a verandah, the solitary columns of which still stand, the roof slabs having been removed.