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Comparisons have been made, and not unreasonably, to earlier Hindu temples dating from the 6th and 7th centuries BC. This is evident when one looks at the temple plan: a basic pillared hall culminating in the principal deity-chamber: the garba-griha. Constraints of carving within rock mean that the pillars of the hall are not necessarily orthogonal, and the temple is embellished with several subsidiary shrines on the sides. Entrances from the north, east and west are flanked by more sculpture depicting Shiva in various forms and incarnations.   

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