POPULARLY KNOWN AS VARAHA TEMPLE BECAUSE OF THE VARAHA ROYAL EMBLEM AT THE EASTERN ENTRANCE, THIS IS A UNIQUE SAIVA TEMPLE, BUILT INSIDE A WELL LAID RECTANGULAR PRAKARA, THE ENTIRE TEMPLE IS CONSTRUCTED OVER A JAGATI WITH A SANCTUM, VESTIBULE AND A OPEN MUKHAMANTAPA. THE WALL PORTION OF THE SANCTUM AND VESTIBULE ARE TREATED WITH DEVAKOSHTAS. THE ENTRANCE OF VESTIBULE IS TREATED WITH GAJASAKSHMI AT LINTEL AND FOUR ARMED SAIVA -DWARAPALAS AT THE DOOR FRAME. INSIDE THE VESTIBULE IS PLACED A COUCHANT BULL. THE PILLARS OF THIS TEMPLE ARE TREATED WITH SCULPTURES OF KARTIKEYA, YASHODHA KRISHNA, GANESHA, MAKARA, HAMSAMITHUNA PEACOCK. SIVALINGA, ANDI, AND VARIOUS GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS LIKE ADMA SARPABANA, CREEPER ETC. THE RAISED JAGATI ALSO ACT PRADAKSHINAPATHA AROUND SANCTUM AND VESTIBULE.Læs mere
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