Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c9.s3.13

c9.s3.13

No. 8, which is a small Vaishnava shrine, built and sculptured in the same style as that of Gondesvara at Sinnar, is about a hundred yards to the west of the last temple and nearer the village. Only the shrine of the temple is now standing. The three principal images on the outside of the shrine are—on the east, Varāha, on the south Narasimha, and on the west the Vāmana avatāra. In the shrine, against the back wall, is a low altar, on the front of which is Garuḍa, and over the shrine door are Śiva, Vishnu and Brahmā, Vishnu being in the middle. The image upon the dedicatory block above the shrine doorway has been much mutilated, but it was probably Garuḍa. The antechamber ceiling is, in plan, lentoid or a pointed oval which is a very unusual shape. The temple faces north.