The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c7.26
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c7.26
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Between these two extremes there were many modifications, such as those having one hall and two shrines and single-shrined temples with two or three doorways and porches giving entrance to the main hall. Temples with *pradakṣiṇās*, or circumambulatory passages, around the shrine, such as Virūpākṣa at Paṭṭadakal, are mostly confined to the older and larger buildings. A further insight into these arrangements will be gleaned from the descriptions that follow of the separate temples.