The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s8.6
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s8.6
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The other building, which may not have been a temple but rather a maṭha, or dwelling for priests, since it has no shrine, is situated just behind the last (No. 8). It consists of a closed hall of the same style of construction as the first, with an open hall, or very large porch in front of it (Plate XIX). It is thoroughly devoid of decoration of any sort, and its pillars are great plain squared blocks. The back or west wall—the temple faces east—is a blank wall right across with no doorway through it and consequently no shrine beyond, nor is there any sign of a shrine having been constructed within the hall. Over the entrance doorway is Gaja-Lakshmī.