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present in a miserably dilapidated condition and the whole area is overgrown with thick forest, Access lo this part is not an easy task.
Among the Jaina images which belong to the early Vijayanagara period, the following figures of the Tīrthankaras identifiable fiom the emblems on the pedestal are found :1. Sambha-nálha
(big size) 2. Ajitanatha 3. Puşpadanta 4. Mallinātha 5. Sāntinātha 6. Sītalanātha 7. Supārsvanatha 8. Sumatināthā 9. Viinalanāllia
(small size) 10. Sāntinātha 11. Padmaprabha 12. Dharmanātha 13. Kunthunātha 14. Mallinãtha 15. Naminātha 16 Vasupujya 17 Adinātha
(big, seated) 18. Bāhubali
(not a Tirthankara) Most of these are standing in Kāyotsarga pose on a beautifully decorated pedestal with an artistically depicted prabhāvali. The Yakshas and Yakshīs are carved on the pedestal. A number of vacant pedestal and prabhāvalis have also been secured.
Besides these, there are in this find separate images of Padmāvati, Brahmadeva (Kshettrapāla) riding on horse-back, buffaloes and Chaudis and a miniature Nandiśvara? metal block with thirteen Siddhas-three on each side of the block and one at the top. This is a
