The monuments and temples in India abound with exquisite sculptures based on the epics.
This is a humble attempt to explain some of them.This is no scholarly work.I have only collected these from several sources- oral, printed and on-line. There can be no authentic version of such stories as there are many variations and interpretations . I have left out the complex explanations and debates to just give an overview of episodes depicted in stone.
All photographs by (C) V.Harihara Subramanian.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Narasimha - Melukote, Karnataka
This image of Narasimha killing Hiranyakasipu is on a pillar at the Cheluvanarayana temple at Melukote (Melkote) in Karnataka. In the same town there is a hill on which stands a majestic temple of Yoga narasimha.
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