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1000 pillar halls of Hindu temples and destruction by Ulugh Khan of Delhi Sultanate?

Pillared halls or mandapams are part of Hindu temple architecture and are more popular and visible in south Indian states than in the northern states. Notwithstanding the roots of their origin or architectural evolution of huge halls, the big halls of Srirangam, Madurai, Thiruvannamalai, and Rameswaram corridors highlight the heyday of architectural finesse in temple designs mostly using hard stones