The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s6.14

c8.s6.14

There has been a temple on the south side of the last, but all that remains of it now is the shrine doorway and the seat or throne of the image. This building stood at right-angles to the last and faced the north. The doorway, as seen on Plate XIV, is decorated in a very simple fashion, but Gaja-Lakshmi occupies a block the whole width of the doorway above. On either side, below, is a great waterpot with foliage issuing from it and hanging over the sides. On the outer side of each waterpot is an elephant with its trunk coiled round the foliage, while, on the inner, squats a little fat Kuvera-like figure. On the front of the image seat is a well-sculptured peacock, with its crest and long tail, which would denote that the temple was dedicated to Sarasvatī. It thus occupies exactly the same position with regard to the other temple as the later temple of Sarasvatī does to the temple of Trikūṭēśvara at Gadag to be described further on.