The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s2.5
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s2.5
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The pillars are the most characteristic feature of the temple, being remarkable for their great massiveness, which are more suited to support the heavy rock in a cave cutting than the lighter roof of a structural temple. The shafts are single heavy square blocks, without bases, from the floor to the bracket-capital, the last being a separate stone. The central four pillar shafts, without the bracket-capitals, are single stones measuring, each, 9′ 7″ by 2′ 5″ square. The roll brackets are thoroughly cave-like in character.