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English: The layout of the largest and most intricately carved Hindu cave temple at Badami, Karnataka

1: Vishnu

2: Trivikrama (Vishnu taking a giant step, 3-steps Vedic legend)

3: Vishnu on sesha naga

4: Vishnu avatar Varaha rescuing goddess earth (Bhudevi)

5: Harihara (half Shiva, half Vishnu)

6: Vishnu avatar Narasimha standing

7: Garbha ghriya (sacrum sanctum, image is missing)

Blue O: ceiling carvings of Vedic and Puranic Hindu gods and goddesses (e.g. Indra, Agni, Varuna, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Parvati, etc)

Enclosed squares: carved pillars showing social life, couples or individual women with various expressions, as well as amorous couples in courtship and mithuna. One carving shows a collapsing suffering woman being helped and raised by Vishnu.

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