Passageway leading to Udayagiri Caves & wall niche on the right with carving of Narasimha, the lion avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, Vidisha, India

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The Udayagiri Caves, one of India's most important archaeological sites, are twenty rock-cut caves in Madhya Pradesh, about 57 km from Bhopal, dating from the 5th century CE. They are notable for their ancient iconography of Vaishnavism (Vishnu), Shaktism (Durga and Matrikas) and Shaivism (Shiva).

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