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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