The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s1.13

c8.s1.13

Just below the brow of the hill, close under Mēguṭi, is a curious two-storied temple which is partly structural and partly excavated in the rock (Fig. 6). It consists of two long verandahs, one above the other, with a frontage of four heavy square pillars and two pilasters. Off the verandah of the upper storey is a long room and three shrines, cut in the rock; off the lower is the beginning of a shrine. In relief upon the centre of the upper verandah ceiling, in front of the shrine door, is the figure of a small seated *clothed* Jina with a triple umbrella above him.