The lower portion of the doorframe of the entrance gateway, of the Mahanaleshwar temple complex, is detailed and has three sculptures: one attendant and two river goddess figures. Below these sculptures is the ratnapatta (plinth with diamond motif).
The enclosure wall of the Mahanaleshwar temple complex that starts from the pratoli (entrance gateway) on both sides can be seen here. The two-storeyed gateway is adorned with pyramidical canopy roof.
Different architectural fragments are dispersed next to the pratoli (entrance gateway), in the premises of the Mahanaleshwar temple complex. Seen here are fragments of a pillar capital, part of the samvarna shikhara (pyramidical superstructure) of the mandapa (pillared hall), and a pillar fragment. Minute carvings on the round shaft remnant of the pillar.
Pictured here is a view of the two-storeyed entrance gateway to the Mahanaleshwar temple complex. The gateway is part of an enclosure wall that demarcates the boundaries of the complex on all four sides. Inside the enclosure walls are several temples, of which the shikhara (superstructure) of the Mahanaleshwar Temple is visible from the outside.
Sculpture of a six-handed Bhairava in a devakoshtha (niche) on the right-side wall of the entrance gateway to the Mahanaleshwar complex. The attributes that Bhairava holds include a kapala (human skull), a khatvanga (staff with a human skull), a damru (hourglass-shaped drum), a khadga (dagger), a dhal (shield), and a talwar (a type of sword). The Bhairava sculpture is flanked by a dog and a skeletal figure.
Pictured here is the north-facing view of the two-storeyed entrance gateway of the Mahanaleshwar temple complex. It is a semi-open space with a porch on the ground floor, a plain balcony with dwarf walls on the first floor, and a canopy with a pyramidical spire on the top.
Seen here is the jangha (wall) of the Suswani Mata Temple facing South. On the bhadra (central offset) is an in situ sculpture of Ganesha, framed in deep decorative niches. This image is flanked by two attendants on the intermediary projections and dikapalas (gods of the cardinal directions) on the corner projections of the wall. The devakosthas (niches) on the central and corner projections have small vyala (mythical composite figures) on the brackets.
The two pillars seen here belong to the original construction of the Suswani Mata Temple. The pillars have fluted shafts, at the centre are ghatapallava (vase with foliage) shaped components and the pillar capitals are shaped like a pot. The paint layers on the surface of the pillars make it difficult to understand the original form.
A side shrine of the Bhomiya Maharaja on the premises of the Suswani Mata Temple next to the sacred Kera tree. The Kera tree is believed to be the spot where Suswani Ma manifested herself and eventually stayed at the location of the present-day temple.
Ganesha sculpture in the devakoshtha (niche) on the bhadra (principal or central projection) of the south-facing wall of Suswani Mata Temple. Framed in a niche composed of two pilaster motifs surmounted by a pediment of gavasksha (dormer window) designs, the main Ganesha image is supported by another small Ganesha in a small frame right above its head. It is a seated, eight-handed image of Ganesha. Some of the visible attributes of the image are pasha (noose), ankush (bullhook), sarpa (serpent), bijapuraka (citron, symbolized as ‘seed of universe’).