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South Manimaṇḍapa<br />

New timber carving and reinforcement<br />

with steel plates were used<br />

in order <strong>to</strong> retain as much of the<br />

original material as possible. The<br />

pho<strong>to</strong>s show parts of the lowest<br />

layers, lotus flower alternating with<br />

bells (Nev. palesva), the second<br />

layer, snake (Nev. nāḥg/nāga), (not<br />

in the picture: the third layer with<br />

beam ends with kũsuru heads (Nev.<br />

dhalĩmvāḥ)) and the mouse teeth<br />

(Nev. chũvā) layer.<br />

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