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The Nilakantha temple 58 has square garbhagriha measuring 3 x 3 ms. with an attached half covered square maņdapa measuring 4.8 x 4.8 ms. The dwarf pillars resting on the dwarf walls and supporting the roof of the manqapa number 16 instead of 12. The 12 pillars distributed equally on each side, are arranged into rows running east to west. The rest four, two in number, placed on the east and west, two on each direction near the entrance which with the four of the twelve make an octagon on which the superstructure of the mandapa rests.
The additional pillars are located in pairs in the Kakşāsana projecting beyond the northern and southern sides of the octagonal nave.
In front of the maņdapa there is a half covered porch with two projecting dwarf pillars similar in design to those of the maņdapa..
The garbhagriha of Siddheśvara temple 59 measures 3x3 ms. The doorway measures 1.8 x 1 meter. The door frame, the lintel and the threshold ( which is raised prominently ) are richly carved. They contained beautiful figures of Siva in various postures. But their beauty has become marred by modern repairs and application of stucco etc.
The attached half-covered maņdapa measures 5 X 4.1 ms. It contains 24 dwarf pillars instead of the usual twelve ones. The additional twelve pillars, equally distributed in the north and south of the octagonal nave, from the adjoining wider projections and the small projections beyond them. The dwarf pillars are placed on dwarf walls. The attached porch in front measuring :2.8 X 2.2 ms. is supported by two more projecting dwarf pillars which are rested on the dwarf walls of the entrance porch on either side. The shafts of the pillars are divided into the sevaral sections of varying shapes, viz., square,
58. Here Fig. 157. 59. Here Fig. 158.
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