The Hindu Temple v2.c12.257

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The hall pillars are square at the base (2′ 9″ square) and up to more than half the height of the shaft (5′ 6″); the octagonal part is 3′ 8″ high, the circular section only 1′ 3″. The transition from the square at the root to the circle on top, with an intervening octagonal section is the rule in mediaeval pillars. The change over from the static to the dynamic architectural form has its corresponding images in the chapels carved in the four directions on the lower part of the shaft and the racing circle of exultant Gaṇas in its upper part.