Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c9.s1.5

c9.s1.5

The east or main porch is much damaged. The forward beam is cracked, and the immense mass of masonry above, which would otherwise collapse, is propped up by a slender square column of stone. The upper part of the parapet wall on the north side has disappeared and the forward steps and flanking masonry have been entirely renewed. The side walls of the north porch have gone, but portions of the forward steps and their flanking walls remain. The forward beam in this porch is also cracked and is propped up by the insertion of a pillar. The door lintel, too, is cracked, and is supported by two pillars, one of which, a carved pillar from elsewhere, has a curious and uncommon arrangement of foliage around its shafts, which looks like work of several centuries earlier. The flanking walls on the east side, and most of the steps of the south porch, have gone. Here, again, the forward beam has cracked and has been supported by stone props.