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Beyond the
Mukhamantapa are corridors or pillared halls, all round the sanctum and Mukhamantapa.
Whole edifice is rectangular in shape, and on its e has columns of lamps fixed on a
wooden framework covered with metal trelliswork. In all, fourteen thazhikakudams or stupis
adorn the temple roof which ari, covered with copper sheets.
Outside the temple, beyond the Balikalpura is golden flagstaff. In line with the flagstaff
there is circumambulatory path for temple processions or for devotees; taking rounds.
Midway between the flagstaff and the gopura is the anakottil where elephants take stand
for the temple procession.
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