Temples of the Chalukya period
Badami Caves, 6th century CE
December, 2002.
Hari Hari
Eight-armed Vishnu, cave 3
Young faces in an old place – school children outside Badami Caves.
Churning of the Ocean of Milk, caves 2 and 3
Badami Caves,
exterior views.
Badami Caves,
exterior views.
The temple of the famous Vatapi Ganapati celebrated in song is seen on the hill.
Churning of the Ocean of Milk, caves 2 and 3
Churning of the Ocean of Milk, caves 2 and 3
Aihole
Reclining Vishnu on ceiling of a temple.
Naga on ceiling of temples.
The image on the right is from a temple built by Queen Vinayati and is in the town of Badami.
Details of temple doorway
Pattadakal
Nataraja on
temple tower.
Harihara on an
exterior niche
Ravana shaking Mount Kailasa. Compare with another motif from Lakaneshwar Temple, Bhubaneshwar, as well as a similar carving in Bantei Srei.
Exterior view of a
temple in Pattadakal.
Pallava Temples
Mahabalipuram
Details from Arjuna’s pennance.
The Shore Temple
Vishnu- Anantasayin.
Mahesha
and Durga.
Tiger caves near Mahabali- puram.
Kanchipuram
Temples of the Hoysala dynasty
Shiva temples – South India
Chidambaram
Water tank in the Chidambaram Temple.
Thanjavur
Gangai konda chola puram
Jnana-Sarasvati in an exterior niche.
Darasuram
Dancers carved on
the interior walls.
Dancers carved on
the interior walls.
Dancers carved on
the interior walls.
Shiva linga.
A bull and an elephant share the same head, a kind of visual punning in scultpure.
Krishna and Gopi.
Vishnu temples – South India
Tirupati
Temple tank in Tiruchanur, near lower Tirupati.
Alvar tirthan near Kapaliswar Temple, lower
Tirupati Hills.
Tirupati Hills.
Srirangam
Horse court, across from the hall of 1,000 pillars.
Rajagopuram, built in 1987.
Vishnu reclining on Ananta. Lintel, Amma Mandapam.
Temples in Orissa
Temples in the 20th Century
The tower of a new Shiva temple in Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore.
