The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c33.s1.5

c33.s1.5

In addition to the entrances into the hall opposite the end shrines—there is none opposite the middle one—there is another at the north end, around which is a broad band of boldly-carved scrollwork which is strikingly like that which is often found in the earlier temples and the later caves (Plate CXXXII). In the corresponding position at the south end of the hall, instead of a doorway, there is, on the outside, a niche containing a great *nāga* slab on which two serpents entwine, a male with three hoods and a female with one. It reminds one much of the similar very old one at Banavāsi.