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Mandapam The open mandapa is laid out on a stepped plan with porch extensions on three sides. Its walls, raised on a wide and high plinth, have several rows of projecting and recessed sculpture panels above moulded bases. The outer pillars of the mandapam seen here have sharply-cut discs at the top and square blocks at the centre to which granite figures of madanikas and yalis are attached to form angled brackets reaching the eave.

Wall Shrine

Mandapa Ceiling

Sabhamandapa Entrance

Mandapa Basement

Nandi Pavilion

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Photos and Text © Amit Guha

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