The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s2.27

v2.c11.s2.27

The iconography of the entrance has a double function. It belongs to the main deity of the temple who—as Christ—said of Himself “I am the Door” (John X. 9). In this function the door-frame is also that of the image in the Garbhagṛha, its place of manifestation. In this function too, the Ghanadvāras, the “massive doors” or niches, on the outside of the temple have come to enshrine various aspects of divinity in which it manifests its presence.