Scene from Krishna’s childhood when his mother, Yashoda tied him to the milk churn while she was working in the kitchen. Krishna crawled across the courtyard dragging the churn, which got stuck between two big trees and on a pull by Krishna, the trees crashed down!
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A scene from the Mahabharat
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Childhood scene of Krishna eating butter while his mother, Yashoda churns the milk
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Panel showing Krishna playing the flute
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Decorative horizontal swirls below the outer parapet wall that depict sequences from epics
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Decorated reliefs on the outer mantapa walls
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Details of the swirls in bas relief which cover the outer walls of the shrine
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Decorated reliefs on the outer mantapa walls
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The lion has immense significance for the Hoysalas
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View of the shrine rear decorated with the kirtimukhas (demon faces) and miniature decorative towers (aediculae). In each of these kirtimukhas are placed a form of Rudra