KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

Harishankara Temple
The Eight Mother Goddesses
(Ashtamatrika) guard the doorways
on quarter round panels below the
lintel. The deities are placed on a
lotus throne; a devotee stands on a
lotus throne at the outer side in the
gesture of adoration.
Photographs Indra Shilpakar, April 2014
Top
Eastern doorway, from right to left:
Brahmayani on a pair of geese and
Maheshvari on a pair of bulls (lost
in the early 1970’s).
Bottom
Southern doorway, from right to
left: Kaumari on a pair of peacocks
and Bhadrakali (Vaishnavi) on a
pair of Garudas (lost in the early
1970’s).
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