Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c7.58

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The śayana form of Viṣṇu may have its temple facing any cardinal point. If the temple faces the north, the head of the reclining image must be to the east; if it faces the south, the head must be placed to the west; in temples facing east and west, the head must be to the south. This means that in cases, in which the temples face the north, the south, or the east, the head of the reclining figure of the deity is to the left of the worshipper; and only in the case of temples facing the west, the head of the deity is to the right of the worshipper.