Fergusson, James: History of Indian and Eastern architecture (Band 1) (London, 1910)

Chap. I.

TEMPLE AT HANAMKONDA.

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Nandi which has fallen within the last twenty-five years, andthe
huge granite bull still remains among the fallen pillars and lintels*
This Nandi pavilion and the great pillared hall were all of granite

252. Doonvay of Great Temple at Hanamkonda. (From a Photograph.)

and comparatively plain and devoid of ornament. The temple
itself measures outside 102 ft. from east to west, by 83 ft. 8 in.
from north to south, and stands on a raised basement or podium
10 ft. wide all round it.1 Like others of these late temples, this
one was never finished. It was too extensive for one king’s reign,

1 Views of the hall or mantapam and the temple are given in Workman’s
‘ Through Town and Jungle,’ pp. 127 and 129.

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