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Indra’s Ratha in Melakkadambur, a Chola Masterpiece

Figure 31. Shri Amritagateshvara temple in Melakkadambur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Bracket figures above the paligai under the cornice of the main sanctum. A dancer and a yali or horned lion.
Sculpted wood-work and narrative reliefs are visible above and behind the figures.

Granite.
Approximately 1100 CE.
Photo by Raja Deekshithar, 11 February 2007.



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