The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s3.14

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of Vijāyanagar work. The dvārapālas, below, are each four-armed, and, by their symbols, represent Śiva and Viṣṇu. Beyond these, on either side in the corner, sits a squat fat figure such as is seen at the bottom of one of the doorways at Kailāsa at Eḷūrā.¹ As in the case of the Kailāsa doorway, this one has Gaja-Lakshmi, not, however, upon the dedicatory block which holds Garuḍa, but away, high up above, on the beam. Both doorways have the heavy roll cornice, which is of an early type, heavier and deeper in this Aihoḷe example. This temple is known by the name of the Sarang-Guḍi after some late occupant.