A pediment is a roughly triangular structure above a lintel. Narrow doors and small windows might be surmounted by a solid stone lintel. The relief on the doorway lintel of the sanctum shows Vishnu. Makaras are usually part of the decorative carving on a lintel, tympanum, or wall. On the inner lintel is an ogham inscription. The granite block lintel below has sculpted yalis flanking a disc. Note the famous carvings over the outside lintel. Timber framing is often of the post and lintel style. On the lintel of the sanctum is Gajalakshmi. They are usually either unpainted or painted vermilion with a black upper lintel. The lintel above the entrance shows Venugopala. The sanctum is empty but has a Gajalakshmi on its lintel. Chlorite was used for the door lintel and frames as well as some sculptures. Above the lintel there was another statue of a hell hound. The lintel on the entrance has Gajalakshmi.