Surya Narayana temple, LAKKUNDI. Gadag district. Kalyana Chalukya. 11th CE. Photo credits Thiru Srinivasachar Gopal.
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Remains of the stucco on the Rajagopura, Vijaya Vittala temple complex, HAMPI. Vijayanagar period. 16th CE. Photo credits Thiru Srinivasachar Gopal.
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This is the largest statue in Hampi and depicts Lord Narasimha in a terrifying or angry form. Narasimha which means half-man and half-lion is one of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. This monolithic structure, which is 6.7 m in height, has the lord sitting cross-legged position on the coil of a giant seven-headed snake Adishesha. Originally the statue also had Goddess Lakshmi sitting on lord’s lap, but according to history it was vandalised and damaged in the year 1565. The statue of Goddess Lakshmi can now be seen in Kamalapura Museum.
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A spectacular bronze figure of Kali, Tamil Nadu, Chola dynasty (850-1100 CE), Chipault Period, 12th century, at the museum guimet (acc. MA 12294).
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