The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c14.s1.8

c14.s1.8

In each of these little circular niches above the cornice, is a seated Jina. The walls are pilastered, and some of the spaces between the pilasters are decorated with little pavilions in relief as on Kallēśvara at Kukkanūr; while, between these again,another ornament has been introduced. It is a single pilaster or elongated pedestal surmounted by a miniature tower, which is overarched by a cusped scroll, resting, on either side, upon a little corner pilaster, and flowing from the jaws of a *kīrtimukha* at the top into those of *makaras* below.