[Paul Bunyan]

A series of yalis, horses or elephants sculpted on the walls of a temple, uniformly facing one way contain a rare yali, horse or elephant facing the otherway. Is it a mistake, or an attempt to break the monotony of a pattern......OR a deliberate attempt to convey something?

Does a 'Sangubootham' sculpted anywhere indicate a subterranian vault or a passage nearby?

There are these odd pillars in a series of pillars with unique themes. Are they the result of the later repair works, or deliberate markers?

In other words, when the Sthapathis built the temples, have they left coded messages in the temples for a future Sthapathi to interpret and know? If so, the facts may be contrary to what the stone inscriptions say.

These are the aspersions cast by a book which i had read some time back, written by one Mr.Pillai...... It was in the Max Mueller Bhavan Library, Chennai......
Sorry for my poor memory........i do not remember the name of the book or Mr.Pillai's full name.

(One of my personal observations in my recent trip to Belur, Halebid and Somnathpur.........A series of horses sculpted around the Somnathpur temple depict them as docile trotting horses to start with, then it turns into a hunting scene with monkeys, again some docile horses, then long warlike scenes with the horses trampling on soldiers interspersed with peacefully trotting horses. The numbers in each section vary. Is this an attempt to convey the warring years and peace-times during the hundred odd years it took to build the temple????)

(This post is also an attempt to trace Mr.Pillai's book. It talks about various temples in our country, specifically about the Thanjavur temple and Gangaikondacholapuram temple. Mr.Pillai claimed that these temples were originally Buddhist viharas. Mr.Pillai, if i remember correctly, was also employed with the Archaeological Survey of India...............An attempt was made to trace it at MMB.....but the library is closed and the entire collection of books is donated to a Missionary and they when contacted do not seem to have the book.)

SO, ANY LEAD TO TRACE THIS BOOK IS WELCOME