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The carved panel facing this one is a two level depiction of Ravana lifting Kailash.
The upper scene is Mount Kailash, where Shiva and Parvati are seated.
The eight-armed, three-eyed Shiva wears headgear with a crescent and disc behind it.
Most of his arms are broken, two of them resting on attendants ' heads.
The Parvati figure, seated facing Shiva, remains only as a trunk.
The panel is flanked by door keepers.
Attendants of Shiva are also seen in the relief but mostly in a damaged state.
Bhringi is seated near Shiva ’ s feet and to his left is the elephant-headed son of Shiva, Ganesha.
In this ensemble, the ten-headed demon-king Ravana is seen, with only one head left unscathed, and out of his twenty arms, only a few are discernible.
Around Ravana are several demons.
Numerous figures are seen above Shiva: the god Vishnu, riding his mount Garuda, to his left ; a skeleton-figure ; and in a recess, Parvati's mount, a tiger is depicted.
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