mahishamardini in A Sentence

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    Among the others are Ganesa, Kartikeya, Durga and Mahishamardini.

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    At Aihole( Ravalapudi or Ravalagudi), we have Varaha, Harihara, Ardhanari, Gangadhara, Saptamatrikas, Mahishamardini and the two nidhis.

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    To the north of the temple is another larger rock called the Mahishamardini rock with a large lion face and Durga niche in its bosom.

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    The northern face of the rock is roughly carved out into a large squatting lion- front with a small square niche cut into in its bosom, enshrining a relief panel of Mahishamardini.

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    The Varaha mandapam and the Adivaraha cave- temples have each a single shrine- cell while the Mahishamardini and the Ramanuja mandapams have three shrine- cells in them; the Koneri mandapam has five in a row behind the mandapam.

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    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.

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