The main gate is on the auspicious east side. The west was considered inauspicious and affiliated with Dying. The north was connected with elephants, that happen to be valued on account of their power. The south was neutral. This tends to make a Nagara Hindu temple architecture symbolically a perennial https://share.evernote.com/note/14c9a88d-6c39-0205-f6c1-a10b6006b1ae