History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s8.7

v1.c19.s8.7

were again made at some subsequent date, the whole being enclosed in a court 957 ft. by 726 ft.—this time with five gopurams, of which those on the west and east or front are respectively 101 and 118 feet high, and containing several subordinate shrines. When the last addition was made, it was intended to endow the temple with one of those great halls which were considered indispensable in temples of the first class. Generally they had—or were intended to have—1000 columns; this one has only 807, and almost one-half of these mere posts, not fitted to carry a roof of any sort. There can, however, be very little doubt that, had time and money been available, it would have been completed to the typical extent.