Twenty different sorts of temples (prāsāda) are referred to by writers. These are— Meru , Mandara , Kailāsa , Vimānacchanda , Nandana , Samudga , Padma , Garuḍa , Nandivardhana , Kuñjara , Guharāja, Vṛṣa , Haṃsa , Sarvatobhadra , Ghaṭa , Siṃha , Vṛtta , Catuṣkoṇa, Ṣoḍaśaśri and Aṣṭāśri.