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Indra’s Ratha in Melakkadambur, a Chola Masterpiece

Figure 37. Shri Amritagateshvara temple in Melakkadambur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shiva as Gajasamharamurti, dancing on the skull of the Elephant Demon.
Granite.
Approximately 1100 CE.
Approximately 20 cm high.
Photo by Raja Deekshithar, 11 February 2007.



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