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one on either side of the doorway of the northernmost cell, which, 

 is approached by a small flight of semi-circular steps. A four- 

 armed figure is carved on the back wall wearing a double neck- 

 lace of Rudrakshan beads hanging down over each arm to the 

 elbow nearly. The upright arm bears a disc or ring, the left 

 something like a ball. As in the central cell there are two half- 

 kneeling men attending below, and two dwarfs in mid air. 



The southern of these three shrine-cells is much like the others, 

 having a four- armed figure carved on the back wall or panel, 

 with two half-kneeling attendants below having their inner 

 hands open and raised, and two celestial attendants above. The 

 Dvarapal ( warders) stand with their forefingers raised. A row 

 of birds adorns this fagade, immediately under the cornice. 



Adjoining the three-cell facade, the face of the rock has been 

 carved to represent the eight-armed figure of Durga standing on 

 the head of the buffalo-headed monster Mahishasura. The 

 goddess wears a tall topi and big round earrings, and carries 

 weapons and emblems in her six extra hands. There is no 

 shrine-cell or deep recess here, but the goddess is carved in relief 

 on a shallow panel between mouldings and under a highly orna- 

 mental scroll, very like those of Draupadl's Ratha (No. 37), of 

 the Pidarikulam Ratha S. (No. 3), and of the Olakkannesvara 

 Temple (No. 34.) 



" The Ganesa Temple" No. 8, p. 79, Braddock; and para. 6, p. 200, 

 of KdvalilaTcshmayya. 



24. From the old Pallava inscription on it, this should be called 

 the Kamaraja Temple. Arjuna's Ratha, or the Ganesa temple 

 as it is now mostly called, is at the north end of the eastern ridge 

 of the main group of rocks, and only 40 or 50 yards north-west 

 from the great bas-relief of Arjuna's penance No. 17. It is an 

 oblong monolithic shrine with a waggon-roof, having two gable- 

 end facades with curved bargeboards, &c, like the great waggon- 

 roofed Ratha of Bhlma (No. 42) at the south end of the locality. 

 In size it is much smaller, "being only 20 feet long north-south 

 11 feet 6 inches wide and 28 feet high. 



