Correct Option: C

The term 'Mandapika' occurring in early medieval inscriptions denotes rest house. when there are several Mandapas in the temple, it is the biggest and the tallest. It is used for conducting religious discourses. Sometimes, the Mahamandapa is also built along a transversal axis with a transept (bumped -out portions along this transversal axis). At the exterior, the transept ends by a large window which brings light and freshness into the temple.