Life and light for woman . THE PAINTED CORRIDOR, MIXAKSHI TEMPLE figures, and quite distinct from the civil architecture, which is based uponthe arch. Madura was once a walled city, with four fortified gates, one on each side,and seventy-two bastions under the protection of as many lords of the coun-try. And the great temple in the center has always dominated the citygeographically, socially and religiously. Now the gates and bastions haveall disappeared, and in their place have arisen four Christian churches ; so IQOS] The Madura Temple in South India 345. STONE CARVINGS, MINAKSHI TEMPLE

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