Priests’ Residences

So far six two storied structures with three rooms and one verandah in each have been discovered amidst temple complexes these are of small dimension having about 2.5*2.5.m dimension. They had wide doors of the size of 4.4*2.2 m and a room without a door which probably sharp as the store house or granary as found in present day villages of Chhattisgarh.

The priest’s house in Baleshwar temple complex on the south-western corner of the southern main temple is a north-facing modest building. In front is the four pillared verandah measuring 6.50 *1.90m. The pillars are 40*30cm there is a 0.95*1.90m platform on the western corner of the verandah. After the verandah there is a single hall measuring 6.0*2.50m.the brick walls with stone foundation are 65cm in thickness. Rooms, verandah and platform have stone floorings.