The Colas c36.32

c36.32

Fig. 24. Woman, in a niche in the Nāgēśvara temple, Kumbakonam. Here the figure stands on simple pedestal, wears *dhammilla* head-dress decorated with flowers, pendant *hāras*, closefitting lower garment with beautiful folds, *valayas* and *nūpuras*. Prominent *vājibandha* below the arm and triple folds (*trivali*) on stomach. The elongated face, the slender form and decorative details and fine feeling expressed by facial features evident in this sculpture are characteristic of all the sculptures of this school.