Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c8.s1.14

c8.s1.14

Upon a knoll, about a hundred and fifty yards to the north-east of this group, is a low square plain building which is, as an inscription over the doorway declares, a matha or residence for priests. It consists of a large square room with plain walls, and four central pillars supporting the roof. A doorway leads out into a verandah, now partly destroyed, in each end of which is a small cell-shrine. The doorway has been, unlike those of the temples, fitted with a wooden door, sockets being provided in the stone frame, above and below, for the door to swing in, and large square deep channels in either side, about half way up, for a beam to slide in, behind the door. The outside walls are perfectly plain, and no ornament whatever appears to have been applied.