क्षेत्रपाल is consecrated on the South East corner of the temple, for protecting the villages and cities. This is a large image with three eyes. There are figures which are सात्त्विक , राजस and तामस (having the attributes goodness, ostentatiousness and sloth). In some places figures having two or four or eight hands are seen. It is presumed that this deity is a portion of शिव . It is stated in अग्नि पुराण , Chapter 51 that क्षेत्रपाल s should be figures having trident in the hand.