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Site Name: Kalugumalai

Date: 700-799 CE

Subject: Elevation and section

Site Name: Kanchipuram

Date: ca 700-725 CE

Subject: Elephant figure over prakara, view

Site Name: Kanchipuram

Date: 700-725 CE

Subject: Elevation

Site Name: Kannanur

Date: 850 CE

Subject: Elevation and section, Drawing

Site Name: Gwalior Fort

Date: ca 700-725 CE

Subject: Modern structure to southeast of temple, north face, elephant panel

Site Name: Kharod

Date: ca 600-699 CE

Subject: Garbhagrha, east wall, elephant riders in candrasala

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Taming of Nalagiri

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Elephant

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Elephant

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Elephant

Site Name: Murti, Salt Range

Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Stele with figures

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Stele with Buddha and other figures

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Stele, Buddha seated and other figures

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Elephant

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Taming of Nalagiri, fragment

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Date: 100-299 CE

Subject: Elephant, fragment

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Date: 1600-1699 CE

Subject: Stele with 3 figures seated

Site Name: Chamba

Date: 1300-1399 CE

Subject: Stele with 8 figures

Site Name: Morni-Ka-Tal, Narayangarh

Date: 1000-1099 CE

Subject: Stele with apsaras, standing

Site Name: Naganathakolla

Date: Late 601-700 CE

Subject:

One of the finest images of Lajja Gauri images in its sensitive carving and details from Naganath Temple in Naganathakolla. The image is well preserved. The legs, in uttanapad, are spread more naturally than in other images with the knees up, the feet are flexed with soles up, and the toes are tensed. The nude body is ornamented with necklace, channavira, girdle, bracelets, and armlets. The goddess holds, to either side of her lotus head a half-open, smaller lotus flower, the stalk of which winds around her hand.

Site Name: Mahakuta

Date: 601-700 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri fragment at the site of Mahakuta, near Badami. The image is kept by a small shrine called Lakulisa mandira on the southeast of the main temple at the site, the Makutesvara (or Mahakutesvara) temple, dedicated to Siva. The image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose, the anklets are tasseled and the small lotus flowers held by the large lotus "head" are open, not buds.

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Date: Late 601-700 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri carved on path to the Lakulisa temple at Siddhanakolla. This image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. A cloth is threaded through her legs and behind her back, which is a detail of her iconography consistently included by the Early Chalukya artists. She wears anklets, bracelets, channavira (cross-chest belt), and has her feet flexed up, showing their soles. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose, the arms are held up by the sides of the lotus head with a bud in each hand and the torso includes breasts. The Chalukyan image is in its original location and is visited by childless women or couples seeking the blessing of fertility.

Site Name: Siddhanakolla

Date: Late 601-700 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri carved in relief from the rock floor of a natural grotto at the Lakulisa temple at Siddhanakolla. This image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. A cloth is threaded through her legs and behind her back, which is a detail of her iconography consistently included by the Early Chalukya artists. She wears anklets, bracelets, channavira (cross-chest belt), and has her feet flexed up, showing their soles. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose, the arms are held up by the sides of the lotus head with a bud in each hand and the torso includes breasts. The Chalukyan image is in its original location and is visited by childless women or couples seeking the blessing of fertility.

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Date: 601-700 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri fragment at the site of Mahakuta, near Badami. The image is kept by a small shrine called Lakulisa mandira on the southeast of the main temple at the site, the Makutesvara (or Mahakutesvara) temple, dedicated to Siva. The image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose, the anklets are tasseled and the small lotus flowers held by the large lotus "head" are open, not buds.

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