Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them v2.c19.s2.18

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Fourteen storeys rise above the earth and seven thousand pillars,

In row after row, while eighteen hundred statues studded with emeralds adorn it.

It is endowed with thirty thousand flagstaffs with stems carved and leaves of gold.

Seven thousand sculptured elephants and horses stand in attendance on Rudra.

Seeing it all, Gods and men get struck with wonder and are greatly charmed,

JayasiMha has built a temple which excites the envy of emperors.

The sculptured elephants and lions trumpet and roar, all around, again and again,

The golden *kalaas* glitter on the *maNDapa* upheld by numerous pillars.