Deities depicted on the Shikhara of the Rangamandapa Public Deposited
The pediment of the rangamandapa’s (open type of pillared hall) shikhara (superstructure) depicts other gods, including Surya and Vishnu. A standing figure of Surya and Vishnu can be seen on the pediment. A bejewelled Surya holds fully bloomed flowers in his two arms. The four-armed Vishnu is holding his respective weapons with one of his hands in varadahasta (boon-giving gesture) in which he holds an akshamala (rosary). Both deities are flanked by female figures.
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- Baroli
- Jodhpur Circle
- Ghateshwar Temple
- Mahishasuramardini Temple
- Sadashiva Temple
- Architecture
- Chittorgarh
- Temples of India
- Ganesha
- Shiva
- Nagara temple architecture
- Rawatbhata
- Rajasthan
- Temple
- Vishnu
- Pratihara
- Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
- Vamana Temple
- 10th - 11th Century CE
- Chittorgarh