CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Mandapa, interior, pillars of the central platform, detail

Subject: Mandapa, interior, pillars of the central platform, detail

Subject: Mandapa, interior, pillars of the central platform, detail

Subject: Mandapa, interior, pillars of the central platform, detail

Subject: Mandapa, interior, pillars of the central platform, detail

Subject: Mandapa, interior, pillars of the central platform, detail

Subject: northwest karna at right, partial view

Subject: Ruined relief of stupa in recess

Subject: Prasada, northeast vedibandha detail

Subject: General view of garbhagrha & north cell

Subject: Garbhagrha & antarala, exterior view

Subject: Mukhamandapa, exterior, south wall, view

Subject: Mukhamandapa, exterior, south wall, khattaka with a vatayana

Subject: adhisthana detail

Subject: Mandapa, north wall, vedibandha detail

Subject: Mandapa wall, view

Subject: Mandapa, jali, view

Subject: Second mandapa, ceiling

Subject: Antarala, dvarapala at left

Subject: Antarala, dvarapala at left

Subject: Antarala, dvarapala at right

Subject: Mukhamandapa, view

Subject: The Diamond Throne (Vajrasana). This demarcates the site of the Buddha's enlightenment. A stone slab that probably dates to the time of Ashoka (3rd cent BCE) sits on a brick base. The top surface of the slab is decorated with repeated pairs of geese pecking at the base of acanthus, a motif identical to that on the abacus of several pillar capitals dating to Ashoka's' time. The brick base used to have stucco niches with kneeling pot-bellied figures supporting an entablature. The throne is now covered with a saffron cloth and shielded with a newly made canopy.

Subject: Pancha Mukha Ghumura. This five faced pot is used for religious purposes.