At Aihole( Ravalapudi or Ravalagudi), we have Varaha, Harihara, Ardhanari, Gangadhara,
Saptamatrikas, Mahishamardini and the two nidhis.
The Mahishamardini cave- temple contains on the two side walls
of its mandapa two of the most celebrated and famous Pallava sculptures, namely, Durga as Mahishasuramardini, mounted on a leaping lion and battling with Mahishasura and his hordes on the north, and Vishnu as Anantasayin in yoga- nidra, or contemplative sleep, on a serpent- couch on the south.