| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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gudha mandapa was partly covered by a mosque-like dome. The pillars were connected by
sculptural brackets in lintels, now partly broken. The pillars in the central ashtansha
(eight- divisional area) of the gudha Mandapa stood thirty-five feet apart from each
other. Remnants of the shikhara (spire) of the temple lay to the west. The sculptured images were found preserved at a few places. There
were courses with disfigured images at the place where the garbhagriha was connected
with the mandapa. In the north there were horizontal courses of the mahapitha
comprising elephants, horses and men. Above it was a course of kumbha but in broken
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