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 358 DRAVIDIAN STYLE. BOOK III. half of the 7th century. The temple is a Saiva shrine originally styled Rajasimhe^vara, consisting of a vimana and separate mantapam in a court sur- rounded by small cells, as shown in the plan, Woodcut No 209. At a late date the mantapam has been joined to the vimana by an ardhaman- tapam, roofed on six pillars with the entrance on the south side, and the east face of the old mantapam is shut off by a wall with only a window through it. Further, an additional shrine has been inserted in the east wall of the court with a small porch and surrounding court ; but this is evidently a very early addition, as are also, prob- ably, the eight small shrines in front of the enclosure. The vimana contains the usual Linga cell surrounded by a pradakshina passage ; and round it are seven small attached shrines with large Dl%5 ajni 'jjih 1 Ujl 1 l | lil Wffl N and is between them the O three on the back facing 209. Plan of Kailasanatha Temple, Conjivaram. west, and the Others facing (From Mr A Rea's survey.) east There are algo two Scale 50 ft. to i in. , . somewhat larger in front, by the sides of the entrance to the main cell. All these are occupied inside and sculptured outside by forms of .Siva, Parvatt, and other devatas of the same cult, and form the temple into a complete Sivalaya differing mainly in details of arrangement from what we have met with in the Kailas temple at Elura. 1 At the latter, too, the east end of the court is surrounded by a gallery or corridor containing fully forty .Saiva sculptures, which are here represented by a series of small shrines quite round the court all, except those on the east side, facing to the east and covered inside and out with Saiva imagery mostly of Siva and Parvati. The little shrines had all jikharas over them appearing over the walls 1 Ante, pp. 342ff.