Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c10.s5.7

c10.s5.7

The hall, which had three porches, is enclosed by perforated screen walls, as may be seen in the elevation on Plate LXXXI, which allowed more light and air into the interior than in the older temples. This perforated panelling, like that in the side shrine at Kokamthān, is very plain when compared with the decoration of the shrine walls, and is an effective foil to the latter. Nor is it anything so rich as that found in Chālukyan temples, such as that of Trikuteśvara at Gadag in the Dhārwār District. It is here, perhaps, more the result of economy than any special purpose of design, for it is very evident that, for these later temples, not so much money was forthcoming as for the earlier. This, too, may account for the brick and plaster towers as found in the Kokamthān example.