Ornate lintel above the Main (East) entrance, Chennakeshava temple, Belur, Karnataka, India.

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Ornate lintel above the Main (East) entrance, Chennakeshava temple, Belur, Karnataka, India. An ornate lintel above one of the temple entrances shows Vishnu as Narasimha above Garuda, below an elaborately curved arch that issues from the open mouths of elephantine makaras bearing riders.

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