Mamallapuram
Splendour of Mamallapuram
Shashank Shekhar Sinha

The Diving Varaha in the Shore Temple complex. This is arguably the only representation in India of Vishnu in his Varaha avatar with the head pointed downwards (indicating it is ready to dive) as opposed to the others where the head is pointing upwards (indicating that Vishnu had already lifted the earth).
Photo: Shashank Shekhar Sinha