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Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them v2.c19.s1.74

Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them v2.c19.s1.74

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1. A chopped niche. 2,3. A standing bearded ascetic holding a dagger in his right hand.
4. Four-armed standing NiRriti with a serpent canopy above his head.
5. Four-armed standing Yama with his head and hands chopped off.
6. A standing ascetic holding a *kamaNDalu* in his left hand.
7. A standing ascetic wearing a *kaupina*. His right hand is upraised.
8. Two-armed dancing female-deity. A dancing dwarf male attendant is seen on her right.
9. Two-armed standing female-deity.
10. A standing ascetic. His right hand is upraised and he holds a knife by his left hand.
11. Two-armed dancing female-deity.
12. A niche-shrine on the southern *bhadra* containing an image of sixteen-armed Siva with his right foot upraised and placed on a lotus. A warrior with a sword is shown below the lotus. Siva holds *sarpa*, *khaTvañga* and *kheTaka* in his surviving hands. He is multi-headed.⁴⁶