bas relief sculptures at Vijaya Vittala Devastana

Here are three bas relief sculptures on columns of Kalyana Manatapa inside Vijaya Vittala Devastana. There are several of sculptures on the faces of columns of the pillared hall. 

The first one depicts Matsya Avatar the first of ten avatars of Vishnu.

The second one shows two identical Vanara brothers Vali and Sugreeva about to start their fight. In this fight Vali dies but not by Sugreeva's hands. An arrow shot by Sri Rama pierces Vali's chest and eventually dies.

The last image is the scene of Hanuman wrecking havoc with Rakshasa soldiers in Lanka. During the mission of finding Sita, Hanuman had had several battles with the Rakshasas before setting Lanka ablaze and fleeing Lanka.

There are more such sculptures depicting characters & scenes from Hindu legends. I guess this was one of the educational methods employed during the ancient times.

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Watch tower of Dhandanayaka enclosure

One of the few surviving watch tower structures stands in the northwest corner of Dhandanayaka enclosure. The structure's condition is quite good. The structure stands on a large rock-bed and provides a solid foundation. It has only one entrance in the ground floor which is gated and locked. It would've been interesting to seen the interior. In the vicinity of the tower are several sculptures on the rockbed.

Here are two sculptures. Clearly the lower one is a grinding pit used for food preparation. The other one seems like a rod for tying animals like cow or oxen or horse.

A closer look at the rod, it's a rough job. Also there's another grinding stone close by.

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