The Garbhagruham(sanctum sanctorum) and Mukhamandapam(sanctum)
has 15 courses.
A total of 453 stones amounting to 3121.10 cubic feet of white
granite is needed. While some require ornamentation work, most
of these stones are completed and ready to be shipped to Kauai,
just as sculpted granite from South India sailed to the island
of Java for Saivite temples in the 11th century. These carved
stones will be assembled orderly, in its course one above the
other, to house the Swayambhu Crystal Sivalinga of Iraivan Temple |