Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c8.s1.6

c8.s1.6

The principal images on the exterior of the temple are as follows: On the west face of the south shrine the image is much corroded and is not very distinct. On the south face is Narasimha, and on the east Trivikrama or the "Three Strides of Vishnu." On the south face of the main, or east shrine, is Bhairava; on the east Śiva dancing the tandava, and on the north face Mahākālī. On the west face of the north shrine is Mahisāsura-mardanī; on the north is a devī (Pārvatī?) with ten arms, who arranges the ornaments in her hair with two of her right hands, and holds up a mirror in one of her left. Two other hands, one on each side, seem to be tying something about her left leg which is raised towards them—perhaps putting on an anklet. The other niche of this shrine has fallen away. There are the usual indecent figures on the temple, but they are confined to the smaller images on the bands.