Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c13.s7.3

c13.s7.3

The walls of the *mandapa* and shrine are quite free of images, save for those in two of the three large niches round the shrine, and are decorated with the usual basement mouldings and bands of geometric ornament. The back wall of the shrine, or rather its outer casing, has fallen, carrying with it a great part of the spire on that side. The back niche has gone with it. In the niche on the south side is an image of Nateśa, or the *tāṇḍava* of Śiva, and in that on the north side is an image of Mahākālī. The front of the tower is decorated with the trifoliated *chaitya* arch, and, under it, are the images of the *tāṇḍava* and of Śiva and Pārvatī, while upon the sides of the same are those of Bhairava, Mahiśāsura-mardanī and Gaṇapati. Within the shrine is the *liṅga*.