The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s2.7
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s2.7
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c8.s2.7
A remarkable feature is the absence of a tower or *śikhara*, and there is no indication of any intention to build one. This, again, points to a cave prototype, where it was impossible to have one. Over the central bay of the hall ceiling and roof rises a small square shrine facing east, and the roof of this shrine is covered with flat slabs which do not appear to have had a *śikhara* over them, in fact, a *śikhara* over this little shrine would have looked ridiculous, and it would not have been above the main shrine, below, where it would be required by the canons which directed the construction of later temples.