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The door sill, has a lotus decoration in the centre. On either side at the base of the jambs or dvarasakhas have two elephants facing each other in two different panels.
The pillars of the dvarasakhas, on either side, contains standing lady figures with creepers in niches. Their middle portion is quite plain. The lintel slab placed over the pillars has three niches, one in the centre, and two on either side, which depict standing Tirthankaras. The central niche has a seated Tirthankara. All the three, have temple shikharas carved above them.
Getting into the sabhamandapa from the dvara, we find that it is more spacious than the garbhagrha. The later measures 3.20 x 2.75 m. Somehow, the side walls do not show any embellishments.
Corresponding to the dvara of the sabhamandapa, there is another plain doorway leading to the main shrine inside. The dvarasakhas, the door sill, the lintel, are free from any ornamentation.
Getting through the dvara into the interior of the sanctum- sanctorum, we find a passage like yestibule measuring 3x2 m. The walls of this chamber are also devoid of any decoration.
But, a panel on the wall shows the three Tirthankaras in one. Thus, it is a tritirthika panel with the images in each, standing to a height of 3 m.
Still, further towards west, lies the garbhagrha the back wall on which contains a huge, seated image in padmasana. Evidently, he is the mulanayaka. Unfortunately the sculpture is badly damaged by the iconoclasts. The face is disfigured. The hands and sides are broken. But with hoods of the snake appearing on the sides, indicate, that mulanayaka could be no other than 'Parsvanatha.' The image measures 2.5 m. in length.
The width from knee to knee measures 1. 75 m. The image is thus placed in dhyanamudra. Its pedestal measures about 1.5 m. in height. Further up, on either side above neck and shoulders, there are two standing figures in miniature sizes holding garlands. Evidently, they are maladharies, an important associate of the Jain. Tirthankaras, in most of the caves. Again, above the head, there are representations of two elephants holding a kalasha from either side. This is the usual gajakalasha motif associated with the mulanayakas.
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