The Mandapas and gopuras are,
i. e. the Mandapas and gapuras.
its axial Mandapas, including the Nandi pavilion,
While the Mandapas had flat roofs,
Thus in Mandapas facing south or north,
flanking Mandapas on either side, one of them enshrining Ganesa.
hospital Mandapas) came to be added to the temple complex.
The larger Ramalingesvara has a sanctum, antarala and axial Mandapas in front.
The Mandapas and gopuras are, as in all Vijayanagar temples, remarkable for their great size.
Similar shorter peripheral pillars, over the vedi of the Mandapas, as at Ghanapur and Palampet,
complex with the usual components of attendant shrines, the Mandapas and pillared malikas and gopura.
an Amman shrine, Mandapas and cloister, designed on lines similar to the famous Vitthala temple,
The rectangle is more common for the Mandapas and gopuras which are called padi- p- pura.
The main axial complex of vimana and Mandapas is similar to the plan in the Brihadisvara.
The Mandapas of the southern temples are all flat- roofed, however long or large they may be.
These Mandapas, the kalyana- or utsava-
Mandapas, are noted for their fine and intricately- worked colonnades in hard- stone.
The kumbha panjara motif on the wall recesses of vimanas, gopuras and Mandapas is made more ornate and elaborate.
Some of their temples are remarkable for the great size of their component structures, i. e. the Mandapas and gapuras.
The Mandapas/Mandapams
or porches are built in such a way that these precede and cover the door that leads to the cell.
The other types are the utsava- Mandapas for various periodical festivals where the utsava murtis were decorated,
worshipped and taken out in procession.
The walls of the vimana, the inter- connecting transept, and the walls of the Mandapas are covered externally with large sculptural
reliefs of remarkable fineness.
Similar shorter peripheral pillars, over the vedi of the Mandapas, as at Ghanapur and Palampet,
often carry remarkable bracket- figures, of madanikas or of mythical animals.
Mandapas, such as the maha- mandapa,
mukha- Mandapas, agra- Mandapas etc. were added axially, and soon peripherally also like the utsava sthapana and the sabha- Mandapas.
is not only isolated but also contained within a group of Mandapas arranged in a cruciform plan which is similar to that of the Elephanta
a few panjaras in between that extend continuously over the roof of the axial Mandapas, a southern feature appropriate only to the vimana type of temples.
The Krishna temple built by Krishnadeva Raya in 1513 is another handsome temple
complex with the usual components of attendant shrines, the Mandapas and pillared malikas and gopura.
At the eastern and longer end a large gateway or
mahadvara is carved with a central passage and flanking Mandapas on either side, one of them enshrining Ganesa.
It is, in fact, a great complex planned and built at one time, with vimana, axial Mandapas, garuda- mandapa,
other Mandapas, including kalyana- Mandapas, cloister prakam and gopuras.
The hara of the aditala over the top of the outer wall, consisting of kuta, sala and panjara elements,
is continued over the top edges of the front Mandapas.
Its sandhara and chaumukh, or chaturmukha shrine,
is not only isolated but also contained within a group of Mandapas arranged in a cruciform plan which is similar to that of the Elephanta
and the Jogeshvari caves.