Main hall (Mandapa) from SW with entrance and Ramayana frieze, Kailasa Temple, Ellora, India

The Lotus Mandapa building, The Quadrangle, ancient city of Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Detail from a pillar of one of the mandapams (or mandapas), rock-cut cave temples within the ancient site of Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Sculpture at the entrance of the Puthu Mandapa market, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Intricate Hindu art and deity carvings on the facade of Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple in Little India, Singapore

Mandapa in a Vishnu Virukpaksha Temple, Hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka, India, Asia

Mandapa in a Vishnu Virukpaksha Temple, Hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka, India, Asia

Mandapa in a Vishnu Virukpaksha Temple, Hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka, India, Asia

Mandapa in a Vishnu Virukpaksha Temple, Hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka, India, Asia

Mandapa in a Vishnu Virukpaksha Temple, Hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka, India, Asia