Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c11.s2.1

c11.s2.1

At Kātarkhatāv, twelve miles south-east of Khatāv, is the old temple of Kātareśvara of similar construction to that at Khatāv. The pillars are better finished. Along the face of the façade wall are several indecent figures in panels. The temple has portions of its original brick tower remaining, sufficient to show that it rose after the Chālukyan style, with cusped arches, as in the temple of Kāsiviśveśvara at Lakkundi, the brickwork having had a thin layer of plaster over it. Where a part of the walls has fallen away at the back, may be seen the mode of "filling-in", between the outer and the inner casings, with boulders eight to ten inches in diameter set in a grouting of white mud. (Plates LXXXIX and XC.)