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Claudine Van Massenhove

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Corner fortification on the outside wall of the temple grounds.

Path leading to the entrance of the temple grounds.

Path leads up to the entrance gate (no top left) of the temple grounds.

What is left of the gate to the temple grounds.

Behind Nandi we see the outline of the door-space into the temple.

Archeological find of statue of Dwarapalaka, set against the wall of the entrance gate to the temple grounds.

Nandi looking at the entrance of the temple structure hides the actual entrance door.

Shot from the side, the doorway into the temple becomes visible.

Nandi seen from the side of the temple.

The two Nandi statues seen from the patio in front of the temple.

The two Nandi statues seen from just inside the temple.

Archeological finds set on the side of the temple grounds.

The temple structure seen from the southeast corner of the grounds.

The tower on top of the Karpa Graham, the inner sanctum where the statue of Lord Shiva resides.

The tower of the Karpa Graham.

Detail of the tower on top of the Karpa Graham.

Detail of the decorations on the tower on top of the Karpa Graham.

One statue composition on the tower on top of the Karpa Graham.

Part of the temple wall.

Lion motifs on the splint of the temple.

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