The Hindu Temple v2.c12.223

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Firm in contour and design, the prolongation of the central buttress in the Western quarter (as also in the South and North) is set against a background of deep darkness. The purity of its vertical edges and the precision of its detailed pattern are thrown into relief by the surrounding shadows, themselves replete with meticulous carvings, whose presence is more felt than seen. Similarly the intricacies of the carvings on the highest level of the Latā itself are absorbed in the ‘texture’ of the monument seen as a whole (Pl. XLIII).