Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c10.s2.9

c10.s2.9

Upon the outside of the shrine walls, on the north and the south, is a niche. In the south one is a representation of the tandava of Siva, while in the north one is Kālikā-Mātā, or Mahākālī, as a skeleton dancing upon a prostrate figure, but both are much mutilated. Round the outside of the low walls of the porches are little figures in recesses between miniature pilasters. These are not well carved, having large heads and goggle eyes. Two of these, on the east side of the north porch, have been enclosed in a little arched masonry recess, and have been well smeared with red paint. They are Ganesa and Mahākālī.