The complex and beautifully executed details of the shikhara; *a closer view of the bands of figures*

Source: http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/18099/limit/recent  [and 18100]
(downloaded Jan. 2008)

Looking up at the shikhara, as the figures become smaller and quieter, and fade off into geometrical forms

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byronic501/68520795/
(downloaded Nov. 2006)

The livelier figures lower down

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byronic501/68538996/
(downloaded Nov. 2006)