The Rock-cut Temples of India/The Caves of Ellora/Plan of the Kylas Temple at Ellora
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PLAN OF THE KYLAS TEMPLE AT ELLORA.
THE ground-plan of the Kylas here given will serve to render the parts illustrated by the following photographs more generally intelligible.
A A is the Gopura, or entrance gateway. B, the detached Mantapa or porch, with an obelisk on each side. C, the inner porch or pronaos, solid below, but on the first-floor joined to the porch and gateway by stone bridges, all cut, of course, out of the solid rock. D, the cells with the Lingam, over which is the great Vimana. E E, &c. are smaller detached Temples surrounding the great Vimana. F F, lateral Temples, originally connected with the great one by bridges, which, however, have fallen. One of these, now approached only by a stair at G, is called Lanka.