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Images or icons have been found on the entrance walls of the temples, and the graceful mythical lion is believed to protect and guard the temples and ways leading to the temple. They usually have the stylised body of a lion and the head of some other beast, most often an elephant (gaja-vyala). [ 8 ]
Demian DinéYazhi' (born 1983) is a Native American artist and activist. Their work and advocacy focuses on indigenous and LGBTQ+ people and "consists of photography, sculpture, text, sound, video, land art performance, installation, street art and fabrics art."
The yazh (Tamil: யாழ், also transliterated yāḻ, pronounced) is a harp used in ancient Tamil music.It was strung with gut strings that ran from a curved ebony neck to a boat or trough-shaped resonator, the opening of which was a covered with skin for a soundboard.
A monolith sculpture of a partly carved and partly sculpted lion with a hole in its torso is erected within the compound wall of the temple complex. A miniature image of Durga is sculpted on the back of the image, which is a depiction of Durga as Mahishasuramardini. The open mouth of the lion is inferred as representation of its role as the ...
These have intricate carvings of Hindu legends, and some are plated with silver or gold foils. The most significant of the temple chariots are the Garuda vahana, the Simha vahana, the Yanai vahana, the Kudirai vahana, the Hanumantha vahana, the Yazhi vahana, the Sesha vahana, the Annapakshi vahana, the Otrai vahana and the Prabhai vahana. [4] [83]
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Borrego Pass (Navajo: Dibé Yázhí Habitiin) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) consisting of two Navajo communities [4] and a trading post in the Navajo lands of McKinley County, in northwestern New Mexico, United States.
Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple Entrance. The city was founded by Rajendra I to commemorate his victory over the Pala Dynasty.It is now a small village, its past eminence only remembered by the existence of the Mahashiva Temple.