Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds

Site Name: Ahar

Date: 1400-1499 CE

Subject: Devakulika on east, Vyala rebuilt into a wall

Site Name: Ikkeri

Date: ca 1515-1545 CE

Subject: Mukhamandapa, vyala pillars, view

Site Name: Chebrolu

Date: ca 896-922 CE

Subject: Garbhagrha, north doorway, Vyala at top right, detail

Site Name: Baudh

Date: ca 926-950 CE

Subject: South face, pitha detail, vyala riders

Site Name: Hampi

Date: ca 1510 CE

Subject: Rangamandapa, Vyala pillar

Site Name: Ajanta

Date: 462-480 CE

Subject: Porch central door, couples, vyala and female figure

Site Name: Bhubaneswar

Date: ca 1058 CE

Subject: Gudhamandapa, east wall, Vyala and rider

Site Name: Lepakshi

Date: ca 1500-1599 CE

Subject: Interior pillar: Vyala with rider

Site Name: Kilaiyur/Keelaiyur

Date: 876-899 CE

Subject: Basal moulding (adhisthana), detail of vyala frieze (vyalamala) at top socle

Site Name: Ajanta

Date: 462-480 CE

Subject: Antechamber, shrine door right top, pillar capital with vyala and makara

Site Name: Bhubaneswar

Date: 900-999

Subject: Architectural Fragment. Gajasimha is a mythical hybrid animal or Vyala in Hindu mythology, appearing as a lion with the head or trunk of an elephant. Side view of the fragment. This object has been loaned by the Odisha State Museum.

Site Name: Ghanpur/Ghanapur

Date: ca 1200-1225 CE

Subject: Rangamandapa, south face, pillar with Vyala bracket, kinnara

Site Name: Idaikal

Date: ca 1211 CE

Subject: Mandapa, vyala pillar

Site Name: Ajanta

Date: 462-480 CE

Subject: Antechamber, shrine door right top, pilaster capital showing vyala and makara

Site Name: Ajanta

Date: 462-480 CE

Subject: Antechamber, shrine door right top, pillar capital with vyala and makara

Site Name: Bhubaneswar

Date: 800-999

Subject: Architectural Fragment. A sculpture of a Gajasimha that is a mythical hybrid animal or Vyala in Hindu mythology, appearing as a lion with the head or trunk of an elephant. This object has been loaned by the Odisha State Museum.

Site Name: Konarak/Konark

Date: ca 1250 CE

Subject: Human figure riding on vyala trampling an elephant

Site Name: Tiruparuthikundram

Date:

Subject: Basal moulding (adhisthana), vyala frieze. The shrine was originally made earlier than 1200 CE.

Site Name: Bhubaneswar

Date: 700-799

Subject: Architectural Fragment. A fragment of the adhishtana (plinth) or basal molding of a temple. It shows a part of the head of a Vyala (mythical animal). This object has been loaned by the Odisha State Museum.