I discovered this museum July 2013. First I had seen only the sculptures embedded into the compound wall besides the road. Mid October I happened to notice one of the statues beyond the wall, in the open ground. That's when I discovered a bunch of sculptures in the ground. Two of them were fixed into the fountain pool wall. I guess these were collected by a high ranking police officer during British rule.
This arch marks the entrance to police quarters colony. On the right hand side of the road is a collection of ancient sculptures embedded into a wall.
Perhaps these are remains of a Chalukyan temple. The style and design of some pieces are similar to sculptures at Nagareshwara temple at Bankapur and Shambulingeshwara temple at Kundagol.
scale model of a Shikhara |
pieces used to form the backrest of Sukhanasi |
scale models of columns and Rekha Nagari Shikhara |
pair of Keerthimukha |
pair of Hoysala style lions flank a row of Shikhara |
Keerthimukha |
Saptamatrika and Ganapati |
Jaina Theerthankara sheltered by a seven headed serpent |
4' tall Vishnu |
crown seems incompleete |
rear side of Vishnu's statue |
lathe turned pillars with square base |
temple model mounted on a pedestal |
peacock motif on a lathe turned pillar |
a pillar with Kannada inscription |
Kannada inscription |
decorated fountain pond |
Ugranarasimha |
A short distance from here is Prashantadhama ~ Durga Devi temple complex of police head quarters and Varakavi Da Ra Bendre's favorite spot Sadanakere.
2 comments:
felt happy to see here....i used to see these sclulpture during my morning walk .
thank you
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