NW Corner Pavilion

Identical in construction to the SW Corner Pavilion, its four bays are all carved, nine of the 12 scenes have been identified as being from Ramayana and it is likely that the remaining three are also. They are, in anti-clockwise order, beginning with the N bay, on your right as you enter the pavilion:

N bay, E side
Unidentified scene with two noble figures, one of them wearing a three-pronged headdress, seated in a palace, surrounded by courtiers. There are two prone figures, with hair flowing outwards, below the palace.
N bay, over door
From the Ramayana: Within a naga arch, Rama and Lakshmana, grimacing fiercely, use bow and arrow to slay the demon Viradha, who has captured Sita in the forest. The demon holds Sita in his left arm, and attacks the brothers with a spear.

N bay, W side
From the Ramayana (partly damaged) Hanuman, having found Sita held captive by Ravana on the island of Lanka, introduces himself by offering Rama's ring. The rakshasi Trijata sits on the other side of Sita. S bay, W side
Unidentified scene in which a four-armed Vishnu, or Krishna, is seated in meditation, with a smaller figure seated on the right, surrounded by apsaras dancing on either side and below, and flying above.

S bay, over door
From the Ramayana: Framed in a naga arch, Rama and his brother Lakshmana battle the demon Kabandha, who appears as a giant disembodied head (similar to Rahu).

S bay, E side
From the Ramayana: at the royal court of King Janaka, Rama wins the hand of the King's daughter Sita in an archery competition, aiming up at a bird perched on a wheel. None of the other competitors were strong enough to draw the bow, which formerly belonged to Shiva.

E bay, S side
From the Life of Krishna: Krishna, riding garuda, with his wife Satya- bhama on his right side (standing on garuda's hand) returns victorious from having wrested Mt. Maniparvata from the asura Naraka. The mountain, a broad triangle with trees, is behind Krishna, while the ranks of his army around and below him carry the spoils of war.

E bay, over door
From the Ramayana: Framed in a naga arch, Rama and Lakshmana make an alliance with the monkey king Sugriva. Rama is holding a bow in the centre; Sugriva faces him. E bay, N side
Vishnu Reclining. Near the top, with apsaras flying overhead, the god rests on the serpent Ananta, his feet supported by his wife Lakshmi. The serpent floats on the cosmic ocean, represented by shoals of fish. Below, a procession of gods, riding their mounts to ask Vishnu to appear on earth. They are probably acting as guardians of the eight directions (dikpalas). They are, left to right:— Kubera on the shoulders of a yaksha (N) Varuna on a hamsa (W) Skanda on a peacock Vayu on a horse
frieze over the window. To the right of the window, monkeys dance and play musical instruments in celebration. 1/1/ bay, over door From the Ramayana: Rama (centre) and Lakshmana, with a monkey troop behind them at right, forge an alliance with the demon Ravana's brother Vibhisana (with a typical demon headdress, on the left of
Indra on his elephant Airavata (E) Yama on a buffalo (S) Agni on a rhinoceros Ketu on a lion
On two panels below, next to the window, a frontal view of Surya (the Sun) and Candra (the Moon) on their horse-drawn chariots.