Vol. VIII, No. 4.] | Simhachelam Temple. isl 
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forgerer naturally began from above, and when he reached the 
ottom, he found that the stone was too short to allow room 
for the feet in proportion to the rest of the body. He, there- 
fore, left off the feet and said that they were under the floor. 
This fact recalls to my mind a ludicrous story about Tenali 
Ramakrishna when His Majesty ordered him to make paintings 
upon the walls of his house. 
Moreover, it has been remarked above that the image of 
the god is small. An examination of some of the Vaishnava 
Simhachelam is small in proportion to the size of the temple. 
The images in temples even smaller than that at Simhachelam 
will be considerably bigger than that of Yagiavaraha. But if 
it had been a lingam of that height, it would be big enough 
for so great a temple. 
irdly.—The usual appearance and contact of the image. 
As has been said above, the image of the god will not be always 
visible. It is covered with sandal paste. So the appearance 
all people. And at Simhachelam, too the image of the god 
Lo RAT aTE FARE FAATE EA wraeeag ease 
ufagsdfa......' 
Bhairava is one of the followers of Siva. And it is only 
at a Saiva temple, therefore, that we can expect Bhairava’s 
Gate. Since Bhairava is the chief of Pidas and Pisachas the 
1 The inscription is written in Telugu language and characters. 
It is dated 1457 Saka. The quotation means‘ .....-.- Kirma 
instituted (an image of) Hanu 
So we can without any doubt say 
that the present Hanuman’s Gate was the Bhairava Dvara of the 
inscription. This im of Hanuman might have been the cause of the 
