Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c13.s5.12

c13.s5.12

Temples Nos. 12 and 13, together with a square *kuṇḍa*, form a group a little way up the hillside on the east of the lake. The two temples face the west. No. 12 being a Vaishṇava temple. It consists of a shrine and *maṇḍapa* with three porches, and is in a fairly good state of repair. The *maṇḍapa*, which was open all around, has been closed up with rough walling between the pillars. Above the shrine doorway is Garuda, and in the shrine is the ruined altar for an image. The pillars of the hall are much like those at Mehkar, plainly blocked out but without ornament. Upon the side of the west doorway is inscribed the name Vāsugī, which is the same name found upon the Mehkar building, and is, perhaps, that of a mason.