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over, any person who has seen the god on the day of Chandana- 
yatra, will never mistake it—but for the tail the origin of 
which is unknown—for Narasimha. It is clearly an image of 
Varaha (boar). 
This temple is the most famous, a and best sculp- 
of the rest of the hill. The way to the temple runs along this 
glen, through terraced fields of pineapples, dotted with mango, 
jack and other trees. It passes up a broad flight of well-kept 
nclosing verandah, all made of dark granite, richly and 
delicately carved with conventional and floral ornament and 
scenes from Vaishnava puranas. Much of the carving is 
mutilated and much more has been covered over with thick 
sandal paste. Once a year, in May, this is removed with 
much ceremony at the festival called Chandanayatra. 
Outside the inner enclosure there is little worthy of note, 
except the excellent Natyamandapam on the north side of the 
temple where the god’s marriage is performed. This is sup- 
ported by 96 pillars of black-stone which are more delicately 
carved than any other in the temple, are all different in the 
details of their design, and yet avoid incongruity of effect by 
adhering to one general type, especially in their capitals, which 
are usually of the inverted-lotus shape. 
en I went to Simhachelam once, I could see only the 
inverted U-shaped appearance of a large quantity of sandal 
paste. It at once suggested to me whether it might not be 
