Sculpture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Krishna">Lord Krishna</a> lifting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govardhan_Hill" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Govardhan Hill">Govardhan Hill</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoysaleswara_Temple" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Hoysaleswara Temple">Hoysaleswara Temple</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halebidu" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Halebidu">Halebidu</a>, Karnataka, India. Intricate details carved in this sculpture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoysala_architecture" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Hoysala architecture">Hoysala architecture</a>, one can note the imagination, design, planning, skill and execution of the art work. Examples are (1) a monkey is depicted climbing a tree, adjacent to a banana tree, which has borne fruit and it has turned its head eyeing the bananas (2) a lion eating another animal, part of it already inside the mouth (3) man is seen climbing (4) reptiles crawling up (5) a bear eyeing a bird, which itself seems to be swallowing a snake (6) an animal entering a cave - only the body, tail and hind legs seen (7) a hunter who has shot an arrow, at a boar (8) two birds eating next to a lizard (9) variety of trees and creepers (10) people from different professions, with detail of turbans (headgear), and the tools of their profession (11) 3 musician-dancers, facing 3 different directions, while the 4 legs carved make perfect positioning for the 3 people (12) cows and bulls carved out, with hollow portions left to give a proper 3 dimensional sculpture (13) intricate depiction of anklets, the toes, toe-nails, toe-rings, jewels, ornaments, flower garland, crown, etc. (14) perfection in depiction of the hand holding mountain, including nails, rings.
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