nandis in A Sentence

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    The former has four karnakuta miniature shrines at the corners of the topmost tala in place of the Nandis.

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    It persisted for about a century in some temples and disappeared, as before, leaving the place for Nandis alone.

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    The third storey has again a hara of kutas and salas above, and the fourth carries only four Nandis on the four corners at its top.

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    The four Nandis on the corners of the top tula round the base of the griva indicate the date and the dedication of the temple to Siva.

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    But at the same time this temple of Rajaraja II heralds the idea of placing paired Nandis or similar vahanas or lanchanas appropriate in other templeswhich in later times were placed back to back, or coalescent with single neck and headat the corner, with two independent bodies along the two sides.

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