LORD CHENNAKESAVA OF BELUR

Of them, the Kadalekalu Basava the minutest piece of a bull of the size of Bengal gram feasts the eyes most and wrings veneration involuntarily. Verily the master sculptors, aware of their potentialities and superhuman artistry tried to fill every pore of the physical frames with such ineffable charm, that they left nothing to improve upon. It is perhaps for this, they deliberately left a tiny blank space for the posterity to add its mightily mite, if possible to excel or equal in the work executed. Marvelous! This challenge seems a challenge non- pariel to eternity; for no structure emerged so far to throw up a counter challenge. Another awe-inspiring piece that embodies inexhastible charm is the ceiling panel, adorning the main hall. It is a 19 inch square block of a superb gallery of Indian iconography, displaying marvellous conception and unsurpassed execution that beckons million looks. the Kalyanamandapa, Suvarnamandapa and Balimandapa are marvellous later additions, but done well.

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