The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s1.2

v2.c11.s1.2

Thus when going to the temple (abhigamana) with speech, body and mind centred on the divinity whose presence is installed in the image or symbol, the devotee becomes part of the architecture of the Maṇḍapa whose interior he traverses, in which he also may pause and gaze at the images that confront him; images which are carved on the pillars, the capitals and on the ceiling; guiding him onwards to the main image or symbol in the Garbhagṛha, or upward to the dome and its central point.