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In Hindu cave temples of the Deccan, dating from the 7th century onwards, the Garbhagṛha in the Duinar Lena at Elura; in the Śiva temple at Elephanta and in the Yogeśvarī cave on Salsette, has four entrances; the surrounding Maṇḍapa can be entered from three sides. The Garbhagṛha of Mahādeva's temple of Karusa has three, and that of the Dhokeśvara cave temple, two entrances. (Fergusson-Burgess, ‘Cave Temples of India’; Burgess ‘Report on the Antiquities in the Bidar and Aurangabad Districts’, Pl. XIV).