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8.7.5. Pārsvanātha temple at Āland (Gulbarga Dt), newly restored, has dwarf sized pillars, an image of Ambikā, a seated Jina and another image of Jina standing in khadgāsana - all belonging to the period of early 10th century. The image of Dvibhuje Ambikā (Amrā, Kuşmāņdī are her other aliases) mounted on a lion in lalitāsana, is 30 inches tall and the pediment slab has a thickness of five inches. She is sitting under a full bloomed mango branch, holding a bunch of mangos in her right arm, and a fruit in her left palm. Her elder son, standing to the right side is holding a cluster of mango, and her younger son is sitting on the lion, along with his mother. This is one of the eye-filling Kuşmāņdi statues of the Rāstrakūța age. It resembles the image of Ambikā kept in anisle of Malkhed Jaina temple and the one inside Bankūr basadi, both of more or less the same period. De facto, Vēni, fillet of hair, of the Aland, Kuşmāņdī is identical with that of Harijanvāda, Maļkhed, and Bankūr.
8.7.6. A massive Jina Pārśva sanctuary of late 9th century, at the other end of the village Mangalagi (Gulbarga Dt, Citapur Tk) had completely disintegrated, leaving some ancient vestiges. A huge 11 feet image of Pārsva canopied by large septacephalous Dharaṇa, is mutilated. Two broken parts of pillars, padmašilā of ceiling, a vacant cushion slab (behind a seated Jina image - not found), a tablet containing Padmāvati et cetera, are scattered near the site where the shrine once existed.
8.7.6.1. A beautiful and rare ninth century image of seated caturbhuja Dharaņēndra yakşa, in the sanctum of a newly built small shrine at the very entrance of Mangalagi village, originally belonged to the crumbled Pārsva shrine.
8.8. My field work at Kaļasāpura (Gadag Dt) has yielded architectural and sculptural remains belonging to an early age. Founding of the sacred edifices are yet to be traced, but the vestiges have produced prestigeous
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