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Appendix A
523 the front portion of the temple and its external position rising from eaves to Sikhara are much more restored and hence they have lost the original form as well as charm. The lower mouldings of the external zigzag walls have preserved some of the original sculptures. 4 7
The temple of Rudreśvara has a square garbhagļiha (3x 3 ms.). Its walls are internally plain, but externally are highly decorated with various mouldings from base to eave, beautiful sculptures at the laternal projections terminating into chases. The Pradaksiņā is 1.5 ms, in width. the door frame of the garbhagriha which is very ornate with usual carved niches for gods, goddesses and dancing damsels in its jambs as well as in lintel. There is also a Navagraha panel over the door Jintel and a Gaņeśa figure in the centre. Its threshold also is beautifully carved with the usual grasa mouldings.
The attached covered maņdapa before the garbhagļiha is nearly square measuring 6 x 5.8 ms. having 6 pillars at the centre, four of which form a nave of the maņdapa over which the dome of the mandapa rest. The extant 4 pilasters on the north, one on the east and three on the west, indicating the existence of the rest of the pilasters, support the flat roof over the remaining portion of the mandapa. The maņdapa has an entrance door way 2.0 x 1.1 ms. which is quite simple in comparision with that of the garbhagriha. Moreover the mandapa had balcony on either side, but it is covered with walls during restoration.
The external walls of the temple correspond in lateral projections and mouldings to those of the shrine falling into the pradaksiņā. But in carving and sculptured figures it is less ornate than that previous one. The superstructure over the garbhagriha is curvilinear in shape with urusringas on lateral projections and series of sringas at the corners. It is simple
47. The antiquity of this site can be proved by the existence of a portion of the torana base lying in the front of the temple.
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