Acrobatic Figures

Lively acrobatic figures are swinging on the foliage. Elsewhere on the frame of the doorway, an acrobat "moons" the spectators.

The doorway is carved from several blocks of stone, as is evident from the photo. Two different kinds of stone were used, as shown by their contrasting colors. It seems odd, however, that the design would have been interrupted in this way. The green stone is chlorite, the same stone that is used for the large images of Surya at Konarak. The brownish stone is khondalite, which outcrops on the hills.