The story of Narasimha, Lord Vishnu's man-lion avatara, is depicted on the western (inner) face of the temple gopura, to be read from top to bottom. The figures are made of stucco/cement and painted in bright colours.
When the young devotee Prahlada insists that Vishnu lives everywhere and permeates
everything, his angry father, the powerful demon Hiranyakasipu, points to a pillar and
asks, Is your Vishnu in this column?
Prahlada answers calmly, He is not only
in the pillar, he is also in the tiniest twig
.