The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c16.s1.4

c16.s1.4

In the temple, standing against the wall, on either side of the antechamber door, are some loose images, among them being a slab bearing a male and female *Nāga* with their tail extremities intertwined, which is a very fine piece of sculpture; an image of a female, probably of Pārvatī, another of Śiva and Pārvatī, and, in a niche, a curious seated male figure holding in each of its two lower hands a *liṅga*. It has six hands. In his middle left he holds a *chakra* or quoit.