On a trip to India last fall, I had the opportunity to visit the Veerabhadra Temple in Lepakshi, a small village in southern Andra Pradesh. It is about a two hour drive north of Bangalore.

The temple is in good condition, with much of the stone artwork in good shape and some ceiling frescoes with good color and detail. One note: If you are to visit, I recommend an early morning arrival. You must go without shoes and I imagine it would get very hot on the feet in the afternoon.

It is hard to get an overall picture, but here is a view of some nice carvings behind the main temple area

Outside the Temple

Detail of these carvings:

Lepakshi Temple Detail

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The ceiling frescoes are very nice. The first picture here puts them in context of the ceiling, the second shows more detail.

Ceiling Fresco

Ceiling Fresco Detail

There is a large stone sculpture with a group of snakes protecting a Linga.

Serpent Nage

The carvings on the temple are very impressive.

Inside Temple Detail

Inside Temple Detail

Ceiling Fresco

Ceiling Fresco Detail

Carving Detail

The temple is surrounded by a colonnade.

Colonnade

The main temple has active worship. This is an important Hindu shrine.

Altar with Incense

A more modern altar can be found outside.

Colorful Modern Altar

And we did decide to let sleeping dogs lie.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

One note, this is my first attempt at using Lightroom instead of Photoshop for routine image processing. Overall, it is faster than Photoshop and gets good results for images like these. You do not have the same level of control (as far as I can tell) with no layers and limited ability to control your masks. But overall, I think it is a good photography program.