The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s7.26

v1.c8.s7.26

The language of the texts connects the mountain and the cave while describing works of architecture, or forms of nature and also the residences of different classes of gods, Devas and Dānavas, Pannāgas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Guhyas, Gandharvas, Vidyādharas, Siddhas, Kinnaras and Apsarās who live in Indra’s grove on mount Sitānta full of rock and cave-houses⁹⁶. The ‘Vāyu Purāṇa’ tells of the various kinds of residences of the gods on the different mountains⁹⁷. It is a topography of the mountains where the gods reside and of their habitations on an Olympus with many peaks⁹⁸; it is not a description of temples built by man on mountain tops for the gods to dwell in.