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The
gigantic 8/9 metres tall image of Ugra Narasimha is located in the south
of the Hemakuta group of temples that includes the
Virupaksha Temple. The Narasimha is
a four-armed figure seated under the canopy of a seven-hooded snake.
Beyond the Krishna Temple Complex is the celebrated but badly damaged
sculpture of Narasimha, carved out of a single boulder. The recent
discovery of the detached figure of Lakshmi identified this massive
sculpture as Yoga Lakshmi Narasimha.
Now in a damaged state, the awesome image depicts the benign aspect of
the god since a part of the right hand goddess Lakshmi skirts around the
Narasimha suggesting that goddess Lakshmi was originally seated on his
lap. The monolith s disfigured but its significance is undisputed.