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HTML clipboardTurn the corner through the (uncarved) pavilion.
The next 66m section is also poorly executed, and shows Krishna defeating the
asura Bana. 6m from the start, Krishna appears eight-armed and riding Garuda,
with Pradyumna (left) and Balarama (right) carrying a plough. 3m beyond this,
Garuda faces a wall of flames thrown up by Agni, the God of Fire, who rides a
rhinoceros. Krishna appears riding Garuda again, on four different occasions in
the battle, finally meeting the multi-armed Bana, who rides a chariot pulled by
strange-looking lions, 10m before the end of the reliei. Krishna, having cut oil
all but two of Bana's 1,000 hands with a single throw of his discus, emerges
victorious, but finally, in the last 5m, kneels before Shiva at Mount Kailasa
and agrees to spare Bana's life. Shiva's son Ganesha is seated at his feet.
Below, hermits pray in grottoes in Mount Kailasa.
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