The Hindu Temple v2.c12.185

v2.c12.185

The Gaṇa is shown emerging from the wall, to a plane higher than that of its carved surface with the Jāla network (seen on the r. and l. of the arms). His hands hold aloft a chariot. No image is enshrined in it: a lozenge shape with symmetrical scrolls is set between the lateral pillars (cf. Pl. IX, a four petalled shape). Below the Gaṇa, and beneath a 'giripatrikā' fillet, a number of animals face forward straining to draw the chariot; a frieze of Haṃsas below forms the enrichment of the next lower fillet of the wall.