Ugra Narasimha, the man-lion avatar of Vishnu, seated in a yoga position, Hampi, Karnataka, India
South of the Krishna temple's exterior are two adjacent shrines, one containing the largest monolithic Shiva Linga and the other with the largest monolithic Yoga-Narasimha avatar of Vishnu in Hampi, South of this is the shrine for a metres (22 ft) high Narasimha, the man-lion avatar of Vishnu seated in a yoga position, the Narasimha monolith originally had goddess Lakshmi with him but it shows signs of extensive damage and a carbon stained floor evidence of attempts to burn the shrine down, the statue has been cleaned and parts of the shrine have been restored
Size: 2400px × 3600px
Location: Hampi, Karnataka, India
Photo credit: © Sharvari Mehendale / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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