Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c32.4

v4.c32.4

or Śiva temple. Nor are instances of a separate temple dedicated exclusively to Brahmā wanting in India, though they are very few and far between. Even such a very late production on images and temples like the Rūpamaṇḍana has got a complete description of a temple of Brahmā and mentions its parivāra-dēvatas, the dvārapālakas etc., facts which clearly indicate that the building of separate temples for Brahmā had not yet become unknown. Elaborate descriptions of the images of Brahmā are found in almost all works of authority.