Image title: Figure 385. Again a dancing figure showing movement.

Siras is in Sama, Parsva is unbent, Urah [uras] is Abhugnam [Abhugna] (slightly bent, loose, stiff shoulders), Kati is raised on left side. Right leg seems slightly bent, right Pada is lifted from the heel. Left leg seems straight and unbent. Right hand is in Lata, left hand is kept across the waist. This girl seems to be having a movement like Recita or Chinna of the waist.

The second figure is of Narasimha doing Hiranyakasipu Vadham [Vadha]. Narasimha is in deep seated position, with his right leg in Agratala. He is Astabhuja. His two back hands are raised in Musti, next two back hands are holding Cakra and Sankha, other two back hands are pinning Hiranyakasipu down and the front two hands are tearing him apart.Truly a marvellous sculpture.

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Kumbakonam is considered as one of the holiest places in Tamil Nadu and is known for its temples and Mathas (monasteries which were centres of Brahmanical learning). These photographs depict the connection between the sculptures in the temples and Natya Shastra and related texts dealing with iconography.