CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Agastya, seated

Subject: Lion pillar

Subject: Jyestha, seated

Subject: Vishnu, seated

Subject: Chandrasekarar, standing

Subject: Lingodbhava

Subject: Devotee, standing

Subject: Chandikesvara, seated

Subject: Devotee, standing

Subject: Vyalastambha detail

Subject: Carving of a trident on the back of the hero stone erected in the memory of a hero who served the village cattle

Subject: Hero stone erected in the memory of a hero who served the village cattle

Subject: Inscription revealing the victory of Nindra Seer Neduraman over Kaaiyal and Nelveli and the and donation of Dulabhara Dhana

Subject: Fragments of Black ware pot (sample from a set of 38 artefacts)

Subject: Fragments of Black and Red ware pot (sample from a set of 38 artefacts)

Subject: Fragments of Alagankulam Rouletted ware pot (sample from a set of 38 artefacts)

Subject: Panch Mukha Lankapodi Hanuman. Lankapodi Hanuman is the idol used during Lankapodi Utsav (The Burning of Lanka festival) that is celebrated in Sonepur, Balangir and Sambalpur parts of Odisha. The idol has attached wheels and a cloth wrapped to its tail that is set on fire and dragged in the streets to create an illusion of a burning Lanka. This Lankapodi Hanuman is panch mukha(five faces). Back view of Lankapodi Hanuman.

Subject: Lankapodi Hanuman. Lankapodi Hanuman is the idol used during Lankapodi Utsav (The Burning of Lanka festival) that is celebrated in Sonepur, Balangir and Sambalpur parts of Odisha. The idol has attached wheels and a cloth wrapped to its tail that is set on fire and dragged in the streets to create an illusion of a burning Lanka. Side view of Lankapodi Hanuman.

Subject: Lankapodi Hanuman. Lankapodi Hanuman is the idol used during Lankapodi Utsav (The Burning of Lanka festival) that is celebrated in Sonepur, Balangir and Sambalpur parts of Odisha. The idol has attached wheels and a cloth wrapped to its tail that is set on fire and dragged in the streets to create an illusion of a burning Lanka. Front view of Lankapodi Hanuman.

Subject: Lankapodi Hanuman. Lankapodi Hanuman is the idol used during Lankapodi Utsav (The Burning of Lanka festival) that is celebrated in Sonepur, Balangir and Sambalpur parts of Odisha. The idol has attached wheels and a cloth wrapped to its tail that is set on fire and dragged in the streets to create an illusion of a burning Lanka. Side view of Lankapodi Hanuman.

Subject: Panch Mukha Lankapodi Hanuman. Lankapodi Hanuman is the idol used during Lankapodi Utsav (The Burning of Lanka festival) that is celebrated in Sonepur, Balangir and Sambalpur parts of Odisha. The idol has attached wheels and a cloth wrapped to its tail that is set on fire and dragged in the streets to create an illusion of a burning Lanka. This Lankapodi Hanuman is panch mukha(five faces). Side view of Lankapodi Hanuman.

Subject: Panch Mukha Lankapodi Hanuman. Lankapodi Hanuman is the idol used during Lankapodi Utsav (The Burning of Lanka festival) that is celebrated in Sonepur, Balangir and Sambalpur parts of Odisha. The idol has attached wheels and a cloth wrapped to its tail that is set on fire and dragged in the streets to create an illusion of a burning Lanka. This Lankapodi Hanuman is panch mukha(five faces). Front view of Lankapodi Hanuman.

Subject: Lankapodi Hanuman. Lankapodi Hanuman is the idol used during Lankapodi Utsav (The Burning of Lanka festival) that is celebrated in Sonepur, Balangir and Sambalpur parts of Odisha. The idol has attached wheels and a cloth wrapped to its tail that is set on fire and dragged in the streets to create an illusion of a burning Lanka. Side view of Lankapodi Hanuman.

Subject: Lankapodi Hanuman. Lankapodi Hanuman is the idol used during Lankapodi Utsav (The Burning of Lanka festival) that is celebrated in Sonepur, Balangir and Sambalpur parts of Odisha. The idol has attached wheels and a cloth wrapped to its tail that is set on fire and dragged in the streets to create an illusion of a burning Lanka. Front view of Lankapodi Hanuman.