This contains, in its southern part, a small open mantapa, the temple kitchen, a mantapa converted into rooms, the Kalyaruimantapa and the yagasala. There is a narrow open pillared mantapa on the west. There is a long pillared mantapa in the north, now walled and converted into rooms, and a…
This gopura is in the western wall of the second courtyard and leads into the third or innermost courtyard. Its walls on either side of the entrance are decorated with four pilasters. These pilasters contain, above the octagonal shaft kalasa, tadi, padrna, an open lotus and phalaka. The capital above…
This shrine is situated between the shrine of Ramanuja and die innermost gopura. It consists of a pillared verandah, a Hall and Garbhagriha. Of the six pillars in the front verandah, those at the extremities are fluted columns with Vijayanagara capitals. Those in between them are Vijayanagara pillars with brackets…
This shrine is adjacent to die shrine of the three Alvars. It consists of a gopura entrance, a Hall, Antarala and Garbhagriha. The pilasters found on the gopura are similar to those found on the innermost gopura. The bases of its pillars have the Varaha and the inverted sword which…
This shrine is adjacent to the Vahana- mantapa. It consists of a verandah, a hall and a Gaibhagriha.The verandah has two fine pillars each face of which is decorated with five rows of the seties-Kuta, Sala and Kuta, all over and crowned by a Vijayanagara capital. The Hall has two…
To the west of the Salainachchiyar shrine is a big mantapa in which the vahanas of Govindarajasvami are kept. It has nine rows of four pillars each with one row built into the walls in the east an west. There is an injudicious mixture of Chola and Vijayanagara pillars in…
