Apart from the prominent figure of Revanta, the northern rock-face has a multitude of sculptures depicting different deities. Further, as one ascends the steps to reach the sanctum sanctorum of Ajgaibinath, and thereafter descends along a different series of steps, a whole multitude of sculptures is witnessed all along. Among these sculptures, Lord Vishnu is represented either in the well known Chaturbhuj (four-armed) form as standing with the Ayudhapurushas or in the form of one of his several incarnations like Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana and Parasurama. A chamber encountered immediately as one descends contains Vishnu depicted in the Sheshashayi form, stated to be of earlier date (probably from the late 5th or early 6th century), as against most other sculptures dated to the 8th century A.D. In the Puranic story of creation, as the creator is engaged in eternal yoga, demons Madhu and Kaitabha, also just born, threaten the new born Brahma, but are ultimately slayed by Vishnu himself. The scene is poetically described by Kalidasa in Raghuvansha with personified figures of Gada and Chakra, Garuda, as attending the Lord, whose feet are being shampooed by Goddess Lakshmi. An elaborate description under the name of Padmanabha also exists in the Vishnudharmottara shastra. 

To be continued....