The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s2.6

v2.c11.s2.6

The meaning of door and image is closely connected. The divinity to whom the temple is dedicated has his symbol or image in the Garbhagṛha; his image, as a rule, is also carved, on a small scale, on the centre of the lintel. He presides over the entrance and his gate-keepers (dvāra-pāla) are stationed below, to the right and left, at the door-jambs.³⁵ These guardians of the threshold flank the gods and symbols of the entrance.