| The temple
comprises of a square shrine, surmounted by a. high tower or Gopura and Mukhamantapa with
a small circular tower over it. There are also a square sixteen-pillared Mantapa, called
the Natyamantapa, and a stone car drawn by two horses, enclosed by a veranda, in which
there are sculptured scenes from the Vishnupurana. Outside
the enclosure and to the north of the temple, is the Kalyanamantapam with ninety-six
exquisitely carved pillars with different ornamentation’s, where the Lord's Kalyana
Utsava is performed on the eleventh day of the Suklapaksha, Chaitramasa in every year.
There are here representations in sculpture of Lord Vishnu as Matsya and of Dhanvantri and
Varuna. There are also numerous Murthis of Narasimha here. |
