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DRAVIDIAN STYLE.
Book IV.
TlRUVALUR.
The temple at Tiruvalur, about thirty miles west of Madras,
contrasts curiously with that at Tanjore in the principles on which it
was designed, and serves to exemplify the mode in which, unfortu-
nately, most Dravidian temples were aggregated.
The nucleus here was a small village temple
(Woodcut No. 19Ji), drawn to the same scale as the
plan of Tanjore in Woodcut No. 190. It is a double
shrine, dedicated to Siva and his consort, standing
in a cloistered court which measures 192 ft. by
156 ft. overall, and has one gopura in front. So
far there is nothing to distinguish it from the ordi-
193. Inner Temple at i /• -i • »n tj_ i
Tiruvalur. nary temples round in every village. It, however,
Scale 200 ft. to 1 in. u • 1 l l • 1
at some subsequent period became sacred or noli,
and a second or outer court was added, measuring 470 ft. each way,
with two gopuras, higher than the original one, and containing
within its walls numberless little shrines and porches. Additions
104. Temple at Tiruvalur. (From a Drawing in Bam Kaz's 'Hindu Architecture.')
were again made at some subsequent date, the whole being enclosed
in a court 940 ft. by 701 ft.—this time with five gopuras, and
several important shrines. When the last addition was made, it was
intended to endow the temple with one of those great halls which
DRAVIDIAN STYLE.
Book IV.
TlRUVALUR.
The temple at Tiruvalur, about thirty miles west of Madras,
contrasts curiously with that at Tanjore in the principles on which it
was designed, and serves to exemplify the mode in which, unfortu-
nately, most Dravidian temples were aggregated.
The nucleus here was a small village temple
(Woodcut No. 19Ji), drawn to the same scale as the
plan of Tanjore in Woodcut No. 190. It is a double
shrine, dedicated to Siva and his consort, standing
in a cloistered court which measures 192 ft. by
156 ft. overall, and has one gopura in front. So
far there is nothing to distinguish it from the ordi-
193. Inner Temple at i /• -i • »n tj_ i
Tiruvalur. nary temples round in every village. It, however,
Scale 200 ft. to 1 in. u • 1 l l • 1
at some subsequent period became sacred or noli,
and a second or outer court was added, measuring 470 ft. each way,
with two gopuras, higher than the original one, and containing
within its walls numberless little shrines and porches. Additions
104. Temple at Tiruvalur. (From a Drawing in Bam Kaz's 'Hindu Architecture.')
were again made at some subsequent date, the whole being enclosed
in a court 940 ft. by 701 ft.—this time with five gopuras, and
several important shrines. When the last addition was made, it was
intended to endow the temple with one of those great halls which