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BALLAṆṆA—The inscription (Belur Taluq, no. 98, Roman text, p. 165, Transl. p. 71) informs us that a shrine of the goddess Nimbajā was set up in the temple in 1261. The sculptors who executed the marvellous statues and figures on the outer walls of this temple especially on the western side, have not given their names, except here and there, the following are the only ones (Ep. Carnat. vol. V. part 1, Introduction, p. XXXVIII):—Ballaṇṇa, Bochana, Chauga, Devoja, Harisha of Oḍeyagiri, Harisha of Tanagundur, Kālidāsi, Kedāroja, Ketāna, Mābalaki, Māchaṇṇa, Maṇibālaki, Masa, son of Kanimojā, and Revoja.