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MAHABALIPURAM |
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| Durga Cave (33 feet
by 13 feet by 17 feet). A huge rocky eminence has been hewn into a large cave to house
three shrines. The central one is intended for a Linga and has on its wall a bas-relief of
the Somaskandha group. On either side are the busts of Vishnu and Brahma and below is
Siva's vehicle Nandi the bull. This cave contains the well-known Mahishasurmardini and
Vishnu. Also Seshasayana sculptures which for
their simple and skilful representation of spirited scenes have drawn unstinted admiration
even from foreign observers. The grace with which the sculptor has depicted calmness and
repose in one and intense activity and virility in another, the former in the panel of the
slumbering Vishnu. on the southern wall and the latter in the panel of Durga's onslaught
on the baffalo-headed demon on the northern wall, is noteworthy. |
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