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Pen-and-ink and wash drawing of two sculptures of Vishnu as Trivikrama and Varaha from Cave II, Badami, by and Indian draftsman, dated 1853.

The two sculpture panels represented in this drawing are carved inside the porch of Cave II at Badami which is dedicated to Vishnu and was excavated in the late sixth century AD.

The figure to the left in the drawing represents Vishnu Trivikrama. Following a myth, Vishnu, disguised as the dwarf Vamana (shown below the raised leg with an umbrella). Bali did a yajna, offered the dwarf whatever gift he wanted. The dwarf asked if he might have as much land as he could cover in three paces. When Bali agreed, Vamana grew to huge proportions in the Trivikrama avatar form. With one stride Trivikrama covered the heavens, with a second stride covered the earth, but before he could take a third stride, Bali pleaded for him to stand on his head instead. This pushed Bali down into the underworld where he became master.

The figure to the right in the drawing is Varaha, the Boar incarnation of Vishnu, which he undertook when the demon Hiranyaksa pushed the earth into the cosmic ocean. He killed the demon, plunged into the ocean and rescued the goddess earth shown as Bhudevi on his tusks.

Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, was the capital of the Early Chalukya Hindu dynasty rulers in the sixth - eighth centuries. The town is situated between two rocky hills of red sandstone that surround an artificial lake. There are two later forts that overlook the town. Around the south fort there are four rock-cut shrines.