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 CHAP. IV. MADURA. 387 presiding deity of the place, who consented to leave his dark cell in the temple and pay the king an annual visit of ten days' duration in the hot month of May, on condition of his building a hall worthy of his dignity, and where he could receive in a suitable manner the homage of the king and his subjects. As will be seen from the plan (Woodcut No. 226) ?5 ' & & . G v? - .- jg V-. P~^ 3

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226. Plan of Tirunialai Nayyak's Chaultri. (From a Draw- ing in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society. ) Scale loo ft. to i in. 227. Pillar in Tirumalai Nayyak's Chaultri. (From a Drawing in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society. ) the hall is 333 ft. long by 105 ft. in width, measured on the stylobate, and consists of four ranges of columns, all of which are different, and all most elaborately sculptured. An elevation of one is given (Woodcut No. 227), but is not so rich as those of the centre, which have life-sized figures attached to them, and are even more elaborate in their details. In this instance it will be observed that the detached bracketing shaft at