The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s3.22

v1.c8.s3.22

The stones or bricks filling the upper portion of the Śikhara rest on a horizontal tie-plate. It is called ‘ratna muda’, in Orissa; a lower horizontal tie-plate, the ‘garbha muda’ forms in some temples the ceiling of the Garbhagṛha (Pl. facing p. 120, in N. K. Bose, op. cit., showing the ruined Rekhā temple at Telkupi, Manbhum, with its inner construction laid open). When however the Śikhara is hollow, the Āmalaka (śilā) and Kalaśa finial serve to lock the heads of the walls together.