Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c25.s3.64

v4.c25.s3.64

Fourthly, there may be three shrines in a temple each separated from the other and in these there may be set up in the middle shrine a *liṅga* and in the right and left the shrines for Brahmā and Viṣṇu respectively. Fifthly, in a temple consisting of three contiguous shrines (triforium) they may be set up as in the previous case. The central figure may be also Nṛitta or other forms of Śiva.