Temple exterior - Outer parapet wall of the Mantapa
The outer parapet wall of the open mantapa has a total of 140-panel sculptures with depictions from the Hindu epics. The Ramayana is sculpted on the south side wall on 70 panels, with the story proceeding quite unusually, in an anti-clockwise direction.
You can see them here Temples of Karnataka.
Quoting from the above website,
"The story (of Ramayana) is divided into seven main kandas as per Valmiki (Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya, Khiskinda, Sundara , Yuddha and Uttara Kanda. In this temple (at Amruthapura) Uttara Kanda is missing."
The entire Ramayana can be seen unfolding on the walls of Amriteshwara temple. The story begins when King Dasharatha performs a fire sacrifice called the Putrakameshti Yaga. The final relief is of Lord Rama defeating Ravana to reunite with Seeta.
Some more sequences from Ramayana
Krishna Leela and Mahabharata
On the northern wall, 70 panels describe the sequences from Krishna Leela and Mahabharata.
Of these, 25 depict the life of Krishna from Bhagavat Purana. The images below are some of the panels. Some more images from Mahabharata can be found here Puratattva.
Vasudeva carrying the new-born Krishna across the Yamuna River, which is cleverly depicted as a band with fishes in it
Scene from Krishna’s childhood when his mother, Yashoda tied him to the milk churn while she was working in the kitchen. Krishna crawled across the courtyard dragging the churn, which got stuck between two big trees and on a pull by Krishna, the trees crashed down!
Childhood scene of Krishna eating butter while his mother, Yashoda churns the milk
Panel showing Krishna playing the flute
Carvings on the parapet wall - sequences from Mahabharata - Krishna's killing of various demons, Below the parapet wall - carved miniatures temple towers
45 panels depict the scenes from the Mahabharata. The below images show some of the panels. The reliefs start with Kunti asking Bhishma for help after her husband passes away. The reliefs depict many incidents from Mahabharata, such as Lakshyagriha, Khandava Vana Dahana, and they finally end with the Mahabharata war scenes.
The burning of the Lakshagriha (house of lacquer) with the Pandavs trapped inside. In the Mahabharat, Duryodhana planned to eliminate the Pandav brothers by inviting them to the palace made of lacquer. The panel shows the flames erupting from the house with the Pandavs inside.
A elephant war scene from the Mahabharat, showing Arjuna (wearing a crown) with his famous bow, Gandiva, while Bhim wields his mace
