Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c7.s1.13

c7.s1.13

The doorways are of the style generally found in these temples, and are adorned with the usual mouldings. A slender pilaster on either side, at the base of which are small standing figures, supports the two ends of the overhanging cornice, each being set in the middle of a group of vigorously cut vertical mouldings. Above the cornice is a row of small figures set in little pillared niches, the central seated figure being Śiva. The raised threshold of the doorway has a *kīrtimukha* face on either side of the central boss; and, before it, is the ornamental *ardhachandra*, or low step, like a half round mat.