Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c9.s2.16

c9.s2.16

The temple is decorated with a greater number of images than that of Gondeśvara at Sinnar, and these are chiefly confined to the walls of the shrine. On the east, or back of the shrine, the principal niche is empty. Above, on the base of the śikhara, is Indra seated with his elephant beneath him. On the north side, the principal niche contains the tāṇḍava, but the legs and arms are broken off; the image on the base of the śikhara, above, is gone. On the south side, the principal niche contains Bhairava, while, above him on the śikhara, is Yama on his buffalo. These upper niches, therefore, contained the regents of the points of the compass which they face. In addition to these, other panels and corners of the walls are filled with images, singly or in pairs, such as musicians, female dancers, the dikpālas, Mahiṣāsura-mardanī, several times repeated, Mahākālī, and warriors with round and rectangular shields.