The west-facing elevation of the Suhaveshwar Temple is seen here. The main shrine has a vedibandha (basal mouldings), followed by a jangha (wall). The temple has a shekhari (multi-spired) variety of shikhara (superstructure). The shikhara is composed of a row of small aedicules with a shukanasa, the front of the shikhara, of diamond motifs at the centre. Emanating from these is the mulashringa (main shikhara) of the temple. This is also made up of different divisions, angas and pratyangas. The entire shikhara has minimal ornamentation.
View of the mandapa (pillared hall) of the Suhaveshwar Temple as seen from its mukhamandapa (front porch). The mukhamandapa has two dwarf walls facing each other. The pillars of the mukhamandapa have cylindrical shafts in the upper half.
The details of the entrance to the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) of the Suhaveshwar Temple can be seen here. The entrance is defined by an ornate dvarashakha (architrave). The pilasters flanking the entrance opening and the vertical and horizontal members of the dvarashakha are all plain. The stone has been painted at some point. The lintel has an icon of Lakulisa. The seated image is two-handed, holding a staff in its left hand. It is shown nude. The presence of this sculpture on the lintel indicates that the temple was affiliated with the Pashupata tradition.
The interiors of the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) of the Suhaveshwar Temple are seen here. It is square in plan and has a Shiva linga (aniconic representation of Shiva) at its centre as the object of worship. The Shiva linga is placed on a high pedestal that has ornate mouldings.
The ground floor of the matha (monastic or residential building) of the Suhaveshwar Temple has a long colonnade on its front side. There are four pillars to the colonnade flanking the main entrance. These pillars are equidistant to one another. At the end of the colonnade, there is a small cell.
Pictured here is a view of the colonnade on the left side of the main entrance of the matha (monastic or residential building) of the Suhaveshwar Temple. A row of pillars divides the space into horizontal bays. The front bay leads into two small rooms, one each at the end of the hall. The second connects to different enclosed spaces that are placed equidistantly and connected to the back wall of the matha. The enclosed rooms that are connected to the front bay are entered through an ornate dvarashakha (architrave).
The colonnade on the upper floor of the matha (monastic or residential) in the Suhaveshwar temple complex can be seen here. The colonnade is connected at both its east and west ends. There are a few rooms on the south side of the floor. This floor is reachable via a staircase, now dilapidated, which is in the eastern corner of the matha.
This is an east-facing view of the side shrine from the Triple-shrine Temple in the Mahanaleshwar temple complex. The core of the shikhara (superstructure) of the temple is composed of bricks.
The mandapa (pillared hall) of the Suhaveshwar Temple is of a square design, with lateral transepts to the north and south sides. The pillars are along the exterior dwarf walls of the mandapa that support the circular dome ceiling. The mandapa does not have any pillars in the centre of the mandapa, making it an astylar variety mandapa.
Seen here is the principal entrance of the matha (monastic or residential building) of the Suhaveshwar Temple, facing north. At the centre of the façade, there is a protruding mukhamandapa (front porch) with a balcony above it. Both floors of the matha are semi-open. The north-facing wall has dwarf walls with pillars at regular intervals. The dwarf walls of the matha must have had kakshasanas (seat backs), but several of the slender seat backs are now lost.