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- snake figure may perform the same function. Dvarapalas are present in almost all Hindu temples, Dvarapalas are highly important in Vaishnavism and are...
- two dvarapalas flanking the pathway from ardha-mandapam South wall: Bhikshatana, Virabhadra, Dakshinamurti, Kalantaka, Nataraja plus two dvarapalas West...
- It is believed that Kali, pleased with Hanuman, blessed him to be her dvarapala (gatekeeper). Hanuman appears in Tibetan Buddhism (southwest China) and...
- temple complex, making them a total eight large dvarapala statues in perfect condition. The dvarapalas of Sewu temple has become the prototype of Gupolo...
- 8th century. The caves have the earliest sculptural representation of Dvarapalas, the guardian deities, for any South Indian temple. The temple has a five-tiered...
- door is flanked by two dvarapalas (gate guardians), for a total of eight around the shrine. The height of the eight dvarapalas is about 4.6 m (15 ft)...
- four doors, the later artists added dvarapalas and decorations as follows: Southern entrance: six feet high dvarapalas wearing jewelry on both sides of the...
- street decorated with Christmas lights An example of a Hizen style gate Dvarapala, is a door or gate guardian often portra**** as a warrior or fearsome giant...
- Press. pp. 39–46. ISBN 978-0-226-78215-7. Helena A. van Bemmel (1994). Dvarapalas in Indonesia: Temple Guardians and Acculturation. CRC Press. p. 35....
- has pediments of a chess game and the Battle of Lanka, and two guardian dvarapalas to the west. West of the third eastern gopura, on the main axis is a Hall...