Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c8.s2.6

c8.s2.6

The exterior walls of the temple, though fully decorated, are not so thickly overlaid as those at Balsāṇe; and what is very noticeable is the absence of much figure sculpture. The only large images have been those in the three principal niches round the shrine and on the central angle of the walls between them. Beneath them, and just above the basement, are small niches with tiny images in them. Beyond these there are no others. The image in the north niche is Mahākālī, and in the south one Bhairava; the west or back niche is empty. The *śikhara*, or spire, has disappeared. There are several images lying about which were probably in some of the niches of the temple, among which are Śiva, Pārvatī, Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa and Sūrya.