Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c20.3

v3.c20.3

Besides the deities enumerated above a few others are also mentioned as being found in a uttamōttama temple in a place called the karmārchā-sthāna in the second or the third āvaraṇa of the main temple where the utsava and other bēras or images are enshrined. This place itself appears to be surrounded by three āvaraṇas. In the first or the second āvaraṇa of the main temple, the water required for bathing the images should be kept in a room situated between the east and north-east facing the central shrine and guarded by Purusha. Near this place where the water is stored, the washed clothes required for draping the images should be dried, and the flowers required