History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.40

v2.c46.40

The late Mr. Mano Mohan Ganguly noticed two bassi relievi on the Paraśurāmeśvara temple: The bas-relief on the northern niche of the Vimāna depicts a hunting scene. A man seated on a horse is spearing a lion; another piercing the body of an elephant, another again defending himself from the attack of a lion with a shield. The entrance to the porch on the south has a bas-relief with Gaṇeśa in the middle; on the left side is represented a Gandharva with an Apsarā on his leg and bearing with both hands a reticulated basket containing fruits; on the right is represented a man taking out a garland from a reticulated basket resembling that generally used for waste-paper; next to this, is a man carrying a jack-fruit on his shoulder, then a man with palm, and last comes an ascetic counting the beads of a rosary with his legs tied with a piece of cloth.