The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s6.7
The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s6.7
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⁸¹ In some South Indian temples, the first Garbhagṛha is on the ground floor, and a second, third and fourth Garbhagṛha on each successive floor of the pyramidal superstructure (note 68). In earlier temples such as the Pārvatī Temple at Nachna Kuthara, C.I., (‘ASI. Western Circle, Progress Report’, 1919, pls. XV, XVIa) of Gupta age, a ‘replica’ of the flat roofed, one storeyed temple is placed on its roof. The two Garbhagṛhas, one above the other stand up in the shape of a high four sided tower, its upper half in which is the higher Garbhagṛha emerges above the walls and roof of its ambulatory (andhakārikā). cf. also the temple at Gop, the shape of the inner walls.