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 CHAP. I. TEMPLE AT HANAMKONDA. 433 Nandi which has fallen within the last twenty-five years, and the huge granite bull still remains among the fallen pillars and lintels' This Nandi pavilion and the great pillared hall were all of granite 252. Doorway of Great Temple at Hanamkonda. (From a Photograph.) and comparatively plain and devoid of ornament. The temple itself measures outside 102 ft. from east to west, by 83 ft. 8 in. from north to south, and stands on a raised basement or podium 10 ft. wide all round it. 1 Like others of these late temples, this one was never finished. It was too extensive for one king's reign, 1 Views of the hall or rnantapam and the temple are given in Workman's 'Through Town and Jungle," pp. 127 and 129. VOL. I. 2 E