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Somasutra

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A somasutra is a stone pipe or channel through which the lustral (purifying) waters used to wash the image inside the sanctuary are drained.

Somasutra project outside the temple, often terminating with a carved makara head at the spout.

Somasutra are indicative of a Shaivite temple.


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