elephant sculpture stairs at temple of sringeri

12th 14th 8thcentury adi ancient architecture art asia asian background beautiful building carving century church culture decoration design detail europe facade famous founded giri god gold heritage hindu hinduism historic historical history housed india indian installed jagadguru karnataka landmark monument old posture relief religion religious rulers sandalwood sanskrit sculpture seated shankaracharya shankarachaya sharada sharadamba shardamba shringa sky sri sringeri standing statue stone temple tourism traditional travel vidyaranya vijayanagara wall was which worship