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Mala Dcut Temple at Gyaraspur
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The northern door way of the ambulatory is similar to the southern one but has some differences The lintel shows the seven Mothers represented as dancing, flanked by Ganesa on the proper left and Virabhadra on the right Starting from the left and we have Ganesa, Camunda, Indrani, Varahi, Vaisnavi, Kaumari, Mahesvari, Brahmanı and Virabhadra
The inner ambulatory has three major niches on each side there being an additional niche for the antarala on the north and south The central or main niche on each side is larger and is ilanked by two minor niches, there being thus a total of six niches on the north and south Each major niche also has a niche on the basement mouldings The main niche on the south shows a seated Tirthankara The main niche on the north is missing but one of the major niches shows Cakresvarı Yaksi
2 This article has also appeared in Shri Mahavira Jain Vidyalaya Golden Jubilee Volume , P 260 ff
