English: From the source,

Pen-and-ink drawing of the ceiling panel with Indra in the centre and scenes from the myth of the Churning of the Milk Ocean, from Cave III, Badami, by an Indian draftsman, dated 1853.

This drawing depicts one of the medallions carved on the ceiling of Cave III at Badami. It contains figures of divinities and Indra seated on the elephant Airavata in the centre. Cave III was excavated during the reign of the Early Chalukya ruler Pulakeshin I in 578 CE. It is the finest of the caves at Badami and the most elaborately ornate. It consists of a long outer porch, a pillared hall (mandapa), and the small shrine excavated into the rear wall. On the walls there are friezes illustrating epic stories; these drawings depict some of the scenes from the Vedic and Puranic myth of the Samudra Manthan in which gods and demons (asuras) churned the waters of the comic ocean using the serpent Vasuki to obtain the drink of immortaity (amrita). Other scenes include horses with riders running, elephants, cows, etc.

Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, was the capital of the Early Chalukya Hindu dynasty rulers in the sixth - eighth centuries. The town is situated between two rocky hills of red sandstone that surround an artificial lake.