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The west-north block (bhailakva)<br />

above the threshold that should feature<br />

Vishnu in the form of Kapāla<br />

Bhairava on a pair of deer (mṛga),<br />

the guardian of the southwestern<br />

direction. In this case a misunderstanding<br />

led the carpenter <strong>to</strong> create<br />

the replica of an unknown figure,<br />

one foot resting on Garuda and one<br />

foot resting on a lotus flower, replicated<br />

and recreated in June <strong>2016</strong>.<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>graph, June 7 and 9, <strong>2016</strong><br />

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