▁Thus , ▁Sand ▁propos es ▁that ▁the ▁worship ▁of ▁V ith oba ▁may ▁pre date ▁the ▁temple ▁itself . ▁ ▁De le ury ▁suggests ▁that ▁although ▁the ▁temple ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁given ▁the ▁Hem ad pan th i ▁style ▁architecture , ▁the ▁statue ▁of ▁V ith oba ▁is ▁of ▁an ▁earlier ▁style ▁so ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁car ved ▁for ▁an ▁earlier , ▁smaller ▁shr ine ▁that ▁existed ▁in ▁P and h arp ur . ▁The ▁work mans hip ▁of ▁the ▁image ▁is ▁earlier ▁than ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁Y ad ava ▁( 1 1 7 5 – 1 3 1 8 ), ▁the ▁An h iv ad ▁Chal uk ya ▁( 9 4 3 – 1 2 1 0 ) ▁and ▁even ▁the ▁A j mer ▁Ch oh ans ▁( 6 8 5 – 1 1 9 3 ) ▁er as . ▁Although ▁no ▁other ▁existing ▁V ish nu ▁temple ▁has ▁icon ography ▁like ▁P and h arp ur ' s ▁V ith oba , ▁De le ury ▁finds ▁similar ities ▁between ▁the ▁P and h arp ur ▁image ▁and ▁the ▁third - century , ▁arms - ak im bo ▁V ish nu ▁images ▁at ▁U day gi ri ▁C aves , ▁Mad h ya ▁Pr adesh ▁but ▁decl ares ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁from ▁different ▁schools ▁of ▁sculpt ure . ▁ ▁P und al ik ▁▁ ▁The ▁dev ote e ▁P und al ik , ▁thro wer ▁of ▁the ▁brick ▁( see ▁Leg end