The Dhaarmik Traditions - Indic Studies Foundation

Figure 7 Inset sculpture from Mahabalipuram,TN, India. Shiva and Parvati with Skanda.
Also one can recognize Nandi the bull.
Dharmaraja Ratha:
It measures 29 by 27 by 35 feet and is shaped as a pyramid. Narasimha Varman I
am considered by Hultzzen to be the author of this monument. The figures of Gods
and men sculptured in the niches of the first three storeys of this Ratha, and
the lonely words inscribed in bold and flowery letters, attract our attention.
The first floor of the Ratha contains the familiar Somaskandha group (Siva with
Parvati and Subrahmanya). One special feature about the treatment of the figure of
Parvati is that she is looking at Siva instead of at the spectator as in other similar
groups. The external face of the Ratha holds in its rectangular niches images of
divinities, some of which are unfinished and some unidentifiable.
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