[5]At the centre of the temple is the original shrine with four pillars, holding an image of Nateshwar, Shiva as Lord of Dance.
[1][6] The similar-sized image of the goddess Chamunda in the temple may once have been housed with Shiva in the central shrine[speculation?].
[6][7][1] The Ranipur Jharial Yoginis are made, like the temple walls, of a coarse sandstone, which was weathered; they were once finely-carved.
14 of the Yoginis are animal-headed; among them can be seen goddesses with the heads of a cat, an elephant, a snake, a horse, a buffalo, an antelope, and seemingly also of a leopard and a sow.
], and was depicted pulling her mouth open wide; she held a skull-cup, a kettle-drum, and a sword.