THE PICTURE ABOVE IS SEEN FACING THE TEMPLE LOOKING DUE WEST ACROSS THE TOP OF THE EAST GOPURAM (TOWER) TOWARD THE WEST GOPURAM. DUE NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT, DUE SOUTH TO THE LEFT. SEEN FROM THE TOP VIEW OF THE TEMPLE PLAN BELOW, THE EAST GOPURAM IS SHOWN ON THE FAR RIGHT. DEVOTEES USING THE SOUTHSIDE THIRUMANJANA GOPURAM ENTRANCE, THEN PASSING THROUGH THE KATTAI GOPURAM JUST IN FRONT OF IT, COME UPON THE BRAHMA THEERTHAM TANK LOCATED IN THE FOURTH PRAKARAM OF THE TEMPLE IMMEDIATELY ON THEIR RIGHT. IN THE TEMPLE GROUNDS MAP BELOW, THE BRAHMA THEERTHAM TANK LOCATION IS DEPICTED BY THE GREEN SQUARE, LOWER RIGHT CENTER.
THE PICTURE ABOVE IS THE TEMPLE SEEN FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF VIEW I. FROM THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN LOOKING EAST ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WEST GOPURAM TOWARD THE EAST GOPURAM. NORTH IS TO THE LEFT, SOUTH TOWARD THE RIGHT.
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