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The drawing:
This is the floor plan of the Chandramouleshwar (Chandramauleshvar) temple. Dedicated to Shiva linga with four faces, this intricately carved temple also reverentially includes Brahma, Vishnu with his incarnations and Siva in his different forms. Notable images include Nataraja, Ugranarasimha, Ganesa, Sarasvati and Mahishasurmardini.
The temple's architectural plan follows the square and circle principle found in historic Sanskrit texts.
The relative scale and relative dimensions in this architectural drawing are close to the actual but neither exact nor complete. The plan illustrates the design and layout, but some intricate details or parts of the temple may not be shown. In cases where exact measurements were not feasible, the drawing uses best approximations and rounds the best measurements feasible.
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Captions
Floor plan of an 11th to 12th-century Hindu temple with four entrances, dedicated to Chaturmukha Shiva Linga (4-faced Shiva linga)