The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s2.2

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⁵⁷ The curvilinear Śikhara, as illustrated in Figure d, is preserved with its Āmalaka intact, on two shrines at Mahākūṭa (ASI, Madras Photographs, 1938-39, Nos. 1744, 1746) and also on two shrines belonging to the Rāmaliṅgeśvara Temple at Kurnool (Satvel; ‘South Indian Epigraphy’, 1940-41, Photographs Nos. 1972-75; 1942-43, Nos. 2251-61); a number of temples having curvilinear Śikharas are in Alampur (Raichur); ‘Annual Rep. Arch. Dept. H. E .H. The Nizam’s Dominions’, 1926-27, Pls. II-IV, X f. On some of the early Śikharas, the corner Āmalakas have their original rounded shape (relief of a Gupta Śikhara, Deogarh; ASI, U. P. Photographs, 1942-43; No. 467).