Narasimha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka India

The Narasimha Temple, also sometimes referred as the Jain Temple, is built on a sheet of rocky slop of the Gandhamadana hill facing the river. A long flight of steps projecting out of the temple compound takes you to the temple courtyard.

The door lintel to the main shrine is decorated with the image of goddess Lakshmi in the seating position. Image of lord Vishnu is carved on either side of the doorjambs as the doorkeeper deity. These ornate doorjambs with its fluted design with a series of floral motifs stand out against a rather plain wall of the shrine structure. Also you can see a band of floral motif go around the wall of the shrine at a height. Above this band are the images of Hanuman, Garuda and an elephant. At some points the above floral band breaks where the perforated stone windows are located. Just go around the shrine to see them all.