Many of y'all might have come across carvings of a dancer emanating to each side from the dancer in the center; these 3 dancers have 4 legs in all

This #thread is a collection of such carvings that are abundantly found in temples built during the reign of Kakatiyas
1/n 👇from Ramappa temple at Palampet. A central carving of 3 dancers and three musicians/dancers on each side.

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Depiction of Vamana turning into Trivikrama👇👇

On the outer walls of Chintala Venkataramana Temple at Tadipatri

#Onam2020 #VamanaJayanti wishes to all Vāmana
Holding Shankha, Chakra, Gadha and lower right hand in varada mudra with aksamala.

At Ashapuri near Bhopal.

#VamanaJayanti

Shiva Temple at Yellakonda (60km to the northwest of Hyderabad)

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Plundered & vandalized by the invaders, abandoned by the locals and ignored by the authorities, the current state of temple tells the sorry fate it went through the years.
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@ReclaimTemples @LostTemple7 On climbing up the mound, first sight of the temple reveals the architectural style that was prevalent during the reign of Kakatiyas, the temple was most likely built in the 12th-13th cen. CE
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NAVA-BRAHMA TEMPLES at Alampur

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Group of nine temples dedicated to Shiva,built in 7th cen. during the reign of Chalukyas

The temples were damaged to a large extent in 14th cen. by the lslamic lnvaders.Restored by the ASI in recent past
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@ReclaimTemples @LostTemple7 BalaBrahma,SvargaBrahma, PadmaBrahma,GarudaBrahma, KumaraBrahma,TarakaBrahma, ArkaBrahma,VeeraBrahma& VishwaBrahma are the 9 temples

It is believed that Brahma performed penance here to please Shiva.Shiva granted him powers of creation.Therefore,these are named after Brahma
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