chola sculptures

These sculptures stand in the niche of the Nageswaran temple. These are found on the outside of the garbhagraha wall. Intrestingly, the 12th century chola temple has been incorporated by the later additions. In this particular scultpture you can see how the artist has done the modelling of the human body, the fold of the flesh all showing the maturity of the period in art. The chola artists not only acheived the classical idiom in bronze but also in the hard granite stone.