Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c10.s2.5

c10.s2.5

The general plan consists of the maṇḍapa or hall, entered through a porch on the west, with an antechamber and shrine on the east of it, and a porch, again, before the eastern, or back door, of the shrine. On the north and south sides of the hall, forming wings to it, are porch-like extensions, but having no exit. They are walled in all around with a low dwarf wall, from which rise dwarf pillars supporting the overhanging cornice above, and leaving the space between the wall and the cornice open.