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On previous page The ceiling in the south bay in the navacaukt in the Lunavasahi temple consists of seven receding courses; the first is octagonal and the rest are circular. In the centre of the ceiling are an opened lotus cut out with three rows of incurved lotus petal-and-bud motif each and a stamenal tube clasped by two rows of petals.
This ceiling is the finest example of the lotus petal-and-bud motif.
