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Harishankara Temple<br />

Twenty-four struts supporting the lowest roof<br />

All of these struts are inscribed, documenting scenes of pāpdharma, which<br />

illustrates what punishment will be due by Yama for unethical conduct.<br />

The iconography is highly complex and deserves further study. Besides<br />

Ganesha and Hanuman, twenty-two representations of Vishnu can for<br />

example be identified as Lakshmi-Narayana by Garuda and a <strong>to</strong>r<strong>to</strong>ise<br />

framing the lotus throne on which the figure stands.<br />

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