Monday, February 24, 2014

Halebid

The next temple on our itinerary was the Hoysaleswara temple near Holebad. It is the predecessor in plan to the temple at Somnathpur, so it shares many similarities.


You can see how the wall fold back upon themselves generating many sides and niches to decorate.
Figures of the gods (and goddesses) right above the bands of friezes at the base of the temple.
Again the friezes tell the stories of the Mahabharata and Ramayana. This is Shiva holding up the mountain to shelter  mankind.
This is probably my favorite Nandi Bull of the trip.
Nandi is quite a fancy fellow.

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