The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s1.8

v2.c11.s1.8

Viewed from the outside, the Prāsāda is a monument on whose multi-buttressed walls are displayed the images; above the walls and in continuation of the buttresses rises the superstructure whose sloping walls lead towards a point, the apex of the finial. The finial is raised above the body itself of the Prāsāda, placed as it is on the crown of the temple ('āmalaka', or 'harmya', the latter in South Indian temples).