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Account of Mamallaipur* 



[No. 30. 



On the eastern side of the temples, near the most northern 

 one, is a colossal Brahmany Bull, (Nandi, the vehicle of Siva.) 

 Its head and neck only appear above ground : the length of 

 the former being 4 feet, and the distance between the roots of 

 the horns 3 feet 3 inches. 



Of the temples, the most northern (No. £1) is a neat little 

 structure about 16 or 18 feet high and 1 1 feet square. The 

 top diminishes on all sides by a parabolic curve, till it ends in 

 a ridge 3 or 4 feet long. It has a niche on the western side, 

 in which is a group of figures said to represent Draupadi, the 

 wife of Dherma-raja. My own idea is that it represents one 

 of the consorts of Vishnu or Siva. A female figure is also 

 sculptured on each side of the entrance to the niche. 



The temple next to this (No. 22) towards the South is of 

 a pyramidal shape, and covered with ornamental sculpture. 

 It is about 1 1 feet in front, 16 in depth and 20 in height. It J 

 is much cracked, has a niche on the same face as the last, but 

 there are no figures within. 



The largest temple^ in the group (No. 23) stands next in 

 order ;* it was abandoned before the design was completed 

 and remains in an unfinished state. Across the middle there 

 is a large rent, in some parts 3 or 4 inches wide ; this has di- 

 vided the body of the temple, and caused the separation of a 

 large piece of the solid stone on the western side about the 

 centre of the verandah. Another large piece has fallen from 

 the south western corner. Unfinished excavated verandahs 

 exist round the lower part : and above them, on the outside, 

 the body of the temple diminishes in width and length, so as 

 to leave sufficient space to walk round it. The verandah on 



* Mr. Braddock has by an oversight omitted to give the measurements of this temple, 

 I therefore supply them from Mr. Goldingham's account ; although 1 must here observe 

 that in other measurements as given by them respectively I find some trifling discre- 

 pancy. Mr. Goldingham's says that the temple measures 49 feet by 25 feet, and 35 feet 

 in height. M. 



