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Vishnu and Ganesa These two panels on the south-east, seen first during a pradakshina, are also among the most beautiful in the temple. The first shows Vishnu sitting in lalitasana on the coils of Ananta. The seven hoods of Ananta cover his head, while miniature attendants are placed below. On the left is an Nritya-Ganapati image. Both figures are richly encrusted with tassels, jewels and crowns, and stand beneath overhanging trees and angled eaves with lotus fringes. In the wider Vishnu image, the eave, projection, and hamsa-yali friezes are star-shaped.

Gayathri

South Ambulatory

Vishnu and Lakshmi

Indra

Vishnu and Ganesa

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Photos and Text © Amit Guha

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