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| This is a stone carving of a Gaja elephant Yali which is a mythical creature. It is also known as leogryph half lion and half griffin with a bird-like features. This yali yazhi pillar is in Hampi Vittala temple, karnataka, India. This Yali has a graceful horse like body with the head of a lion with tusks of an elephant. |
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