Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c9.s2.17

c9.s2.17

The interior of the temple is comparatively simple and plain. One large domical ceiling covers in the maṇḍapa which is unsupported by any intermediate pillars. The dome rises in a series of thirteen concentric circles of mouldings, in the usual manner, to the apex, from which a pendant hung at one time. About half way up, is a ring of eight bracket figures, which are now much damaged. The eight pillars at the main entrance and the entrances to the antechambers, are very clumsy and do not match the pilasters: they appear to be an addition made subsequently to the building of the temple. The beam above the entrance to the principal antechamber is cracked, and the failure of this was probably the reason for introducing them throughout. As the columns now leave very little unsupported space beneath the beams, the cracked one could hardly have given way after their insertion.