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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_and_Elephant_statue_at_Thanjavur_Airavatesvara_Temple..JPG
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The Airavatesvara Temple of Tamil Nadu bears a remarkable ambiguous carving — the head can be perceived as belonging either to the bull or to the elephant.

August 12, 2020August 11, 2020 | Art

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