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The Orientation of the Extant Temples
287 That the temples of Śiva should face east or west fully applies to the old extant temples in Gujarat.
The canon prescribes that the temples of the Goddesses should face south.15 But it is surprising to note that the old extant temples of Goddesses in Gujarat are found facing east, west and north, but in no case facing south.
As for the Jain images, they are prescribed to the facing any of the four directions. 16 The old Jain temples in Gujarat generally face north. The caumukha temples naturally face all the four directions.
15. APPR. CXXIV, 8-9, P. M. II. 39 16. Ibid. 13.
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