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Description: | The Naulakha Temple is a large Hindu temple from the 13th Century much ruined but still preserving part of its elaborate decoration. The temple is raised on a finely carved basement with friezes representing kirtimukhas and elephants, horses, birds, snakes intermixed with human figures standing, kneeling, playing and dancing. The sanctuary is surrounded by a passageway and there is a mandapa of two storeys supported on elaborately carved columns. The tower over the sanctuary has collapsed. The carvings in this view represent 2 elephants and a makara with their trunks intertwined and a sculpture of Shiva and Parvati set in a niche framed by two colonnettes. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Art Hindu Temples Temples Sacred Architecture Sculpture Leisure And The Arts Architecture | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Burgess, James | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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