The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c14.s2.4

c14.s2.4

Though the south doorway is the finer one of the two, the eastern has even more delicate work upon it. In this one some of the bands have been so undercut as to leave ribbons of perforated filigree work the fine tracery of which is accentuated by the black shadows of the innumerable interstices between. How the tool was worked through these small holes to remove the background is marvellous: it must have required the very utmost effort of patience (Plate LXIX).