Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c13.s4.3

c13.s4.3

The three niches mentioned are very prominent features, inasmuch as they project like miniature porches, a deep heavy cornice, supported upon two forward pillarettes, protecting them. The basement, with its lines of mouldings projecting like great square buttresses, supports them. Among the images on the exterior are Viṣṇu, Narasimha, Varāha, Gaṇapati, Brahmā, Bhairava, Sarasvatī, Paraśurāma, Rāma, Kaliya-mardanī and the Regents of the eight points of the compass in their respective positions.