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Page 180
... shrines attached to the walls . The enclosure wall has a series of small shrines on all sides and a small gopura . Another splendid temple at Kanchipuram is the Vaikuntha Perumal ( mid - 8th century ) , which has an in- teresting ...
... shrines attached to the walls . The enclosure wall has a series of small shrines on all sides and a small gopura . Another splendid temple at Kanchipuram is the Vaikuntha Perumal ( mid - 8th century ) , which has an in- teresting ...
Page 261
... shrine or a group of shrines , often a quincunx - five shrines , one at each corner and one in the middle of a square . Arranged along the terraces or within the enclosures there may be further shrines , whose arched doorway pediments ...
... shrine or a group of shrines , often a quincunx - five shrines , one at each corner and one in the middle of a square . Arranged along the terraces or within the enclosures there may be further shrines , whose arched doorway pediments ...
Page 266
... shrines , roofed with diminishing stories . The exteriors of the temples are relatively plain ; only around door frames and window frames are there distinctive passages of central Javanese ornament . Around the niches of Tjandi ...
... shrines , roofed with diminishing stories . The exteriors of the temples are relatively plain ; only around door frames and window frames are there distinctive passages of central Javanese ornament . Around the niches of Tjandi ...
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