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Temple also known as the PANDAVA CHARIOTS (temples) , six now lie
submerged in the sea.
•5 MONOLITHIC RATHS ARE NAMED AFTER VICTORIOUS PANDAVA BROTHERS OF THE EPIC
MAHABHARATA AND THEIR WIFE DRAUPADI.
•THE MAJESTIC LIONS,ELEPHANTS & SACRED NANDI BULL GUARD THE RATHAS.
THE RATHAS ARE:-
(1) DRAUPADI RATHA
(2) DHARMARAJ RATHA
(3) BHIMA RATHA DRAUPADI ARJUN DHARMARAJ
(4) NAKUL & SAHADEV RATHA RATHA RATHA
RATHA
(5) ARJUN RATHA
(6) GANESH RATHA
(7) VALAINKUTI RATHA
(8) PIDARI RATHA
(9) SHORE TEMPLE
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1.DRAUPADI RATHA
•1ST FROM MAIN ENTRANCE
•MEASURES 14’*11’*14’.
•3 STOREYED SHRINE OF
SANDHARA ( WITH AMBULATORY ) ,
ALL STOREYS FUNCTIONAL
.THATCHED ROOF.
•DIMENSION: 29’*27’*29’
•DIMENSION:- 48’*25’*26’
•DEDICATED TO INDRA.
•PARALLEL TO ADJACENT
ELEPHANT IMAGE, ALSO FACING
SOUTH.
5. ARJUN RATHA
•FACES WEST
•THERE IS A MUKHAMANDAPA
( ENTRY HALL ) WITH 2
SINHAPADA PILLARS.
•BHUTMALA IS CARVING OF
GOBLINS & GHOSTS DONE ON
WALLS .
VALAINKUTTI , GANESH
& PIDARI RATHAS
•GANESH RATHA
RESEMBLES DRAUPADI
RATH, A CRUDE VILLAGE
LIKE HUT WITH SMALL
SHRINE.
TRITALA
VISHNU CHANDA