Identifying the Large Images on the Central Walls - Face 13

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Face 13

FACE 13 a photo of which is seen above has four images. They are, from your right :
1. PRADYUMNA ( S - G - P - C ), the fifteenth of the CHATURVIMSHATI MURTIS.
2. DHARANEE-VARAAHA.
3. VENUGOPAALA ( ವೇಣುಗೋಪಾಲ )
4. GARUDA ( ಗರುಡ )

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