LEPAKSHI

It has a fantastic story that sheds light on the superb mastery attained by those divine sculptors, who in fact can surpass even Viswakarma and Maya. His said that such a giant statue was sculptured in a matter of half-an-hour. Thrilling! It appears that on one particular day, there was delay in serving food to the workers. They fancied to make one Nandi in the mean time. All worked together with one mind under the leadership of their master, with such lightening speed that within 30 minutes, they completed it. A great feat! The Mahamantapa built with 68 huge, sturdy pillars, is decorated with excellent stories in pictures. And the ceiling too. The life-size figures of the builder Virupanna, images of Chaturmukha Brahma, Narada, Rambha, Tumbura, Annapurna, Mritunjaya and Padmini are done with such efficiency that they seem ready for a dialogue, if desired and used their tongue. The artistic excellence reached zenith, beyond which there is nothing to go up. Among the rare sculptural pieces that deserves attention is the Antariksa Sthamba- a pillar hanging from the ceiling secms touching the ground. Has not the sculptor excelled Maya? This is a sculptural wonder of higher order.

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