The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s3.24

v1.c8.s3.24

The Mahābodhi temple of Bodh-gayā, the temples at Konch and Boram (Bihar) (R. D. Banerji, ‘The East Indian School of Mediæval Sculpture’, ASI, I. S. 1933; Pls. 83, 85), Parauli, U. P. (ASIAR, 1929-30, Pl. V), etc., have also hollow chambers in the superstructure which differs in plan and section in these buildings. If, as in the Mahābodhi temple, the chamber was accessible from outside, it is a residue of a phase of temple building (Lad Khan Temple, Aihole; Pārvatī temple, Nachna Kuthara), where the form of the superstructure had not as yet consolidated.