Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c9.s2.9

c9.s2.9

In addition to the temples just described, there are two other old ones in the village of no particular interest, save that one has four doors to its shrine. It has the usual *maṇḍapa* or hall before it, into which one door enters, but the door in the other three walls of the shrine lead out into the open. The shrine walls are complete with all their mouldings on the outside shewing that there was no other enclosing wall beyond it, and, therefore no *pradakshiṇa* to which the doors could have led. There may have been porches before each of these. Above the door leading into the hall is Gaṇapati, but above the others there are no images. The *liṅga* now occupies the shrine.