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Date: 301-600 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures (bull): Lotus headed Lajja Gauri with lotus rosettes to either side and a bull to the right of the goddess and originally in each case a devotee to the left.

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Date: 301-600 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This is a unique figure of Lajja Gauri where the goddess is in uttanapad pose (birth giving) and has a lotus head. Her unique feature is that out of the fully blossomed head there grows to either side a lotus stalk with a bud and the stalk touches the top of each raised knee such as the arms touching the knees in other forms.

Site Name: Ter

Date: 301-600 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures (bull, devotee, lion): This multifigured plaque has an armless and lotus-headed Lajja Gauri, a devotee and a lion face on the left edge and a bull that faces a linga. Lajja Gauri wears a girdle, anklets and has a lotus necklace and she has a cloth woven through her legs.

Site Name: Ter

Date: 301-600 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures (bull, devotee, lion): In this multifigured plaque, Lajja Gauri appears with a face of a lion, a small couchant bull and a kneeling devotee. She wears bracelets, necklace, anklets, armlets, girdle and a cloth through her legs. Across the top of the image from left to right there is a linga, bull, and a lion's face. The lion could be the vehicle of the goddess.

Site Name: Ter

Date: 301-600 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures (bull, devotee, lion): In this multifigured plaque, Lajja Gauri appears with a face of a lion, a small couchant bull and a kneeling devotee. She wears bracelets, necklace, anklets, armlets, girdle and a cloth through her legs. Across the top of the image from left to right there was a linga, bull, and a lion's face. The lion could be the vehicle of the goddess.

Site Name: Ter

Date: 301-600 CE

Site Name: Majati

Date: 301-600 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures (bull, devotee, lion): In this multifigured plaque, Lajja Gauri appears with a face of a lion, a small couchant bull and a kneeling devotee. She wears bracelets, necklace, anklets, armlets, girdle and a cloth through her legs. Across the top of the image from left to right there was a linga, bull, and a lion's face. There is a conch on the upper right corner. The lion could be the vehicle of the goddess.

Site Name: Keesaragutta

Date: 301-400 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures (bull, devotee, lion): This figure of Lajja Gauri was found in the excavation of a Shiva temple at Keesaragutta, Telangana. It was found buried under the base of the altar and an earthen pot bearing six female figures and a human skeleton were found buried nearby. Probably this stone plaque was a ritual item, buried to consecrate the land for sacred use as according to Vedic rituals. In this plaque the goddess holds a linga (right) and a lion face (left), while below, a bull (right) faces the linga and a kneeling devotee (left) faces the goddess with a bowl of food as an offering.

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Date: 701-900 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures: This large stone piece has an image of lotus-headed Lajja Gauri in a series including from left to right: a mongoose , a monkey in a tree, the goddess, a man riding forward on a bull or buffalo, and an umbrella bearer leading the procession. The tank was probably an addition to the Early Chalukya temple made by Rashtrakutas. The scene may illustrate a local story concerning Lajja Gauri.

Site Name: Amaravathi

Date: 201-300 CE

Subject: Stupa casing slab: The purna kumbha or full pot is an auspicious symbol that is decorated with a mekhala or a jeweled girdle. A mekhala appears on images of goddesses and Lajja Gauri's torso portion.

Site Name: Kaveripakkam

Date: 801-900 CE

Subject: Goddess Gajalakshmi: Outline of goddess Gajalakshmi, bathed by two elephants. The elephant on the left holds a lotus in his trunk over the goddess's head. A lamp is on each side of the lotus throne, below the lamp on the left is a lotus while below that on the right is a conch.

Site Name: Peddamudiyam

Date: 701-800 CE

Subject: Multifigured plaque: This is a plaque with a group of gods in a row. The first goddess has a purna kumbha or pot torso resembling the image of Lajja Gauri.

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Date: 101-200 CE

Subject: Baubo: The Roman Baubo is typically represented either in a pose with legs spread as if seated in a saddle, with her hands holding up food, or seated with legs spread and her hands spreading her genitals. Some scholars believe that the Roman Baubo is similar to the fertility figures of Lajja Gauri.

Site Name: Ter

Date: 1-300 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. 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.

Site Name: Ter

Date: 1-300 CE

Site Name: Ter

Date: 1-300 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri holding fruits: This image of Lajja Gauri is completely anthropomorphic with a human female head and all parts, with legs in uttanapad (birth giving) pose and arms held up to the side.

Site Name: Saraikela

Date: 1100-1199 CE

Subject: Mahesvari seated

Site Name: Saraikela

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Camunda seated

Site Name: Ter

Date: 1-300 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This lotus headed image of Lajja Gauri may be from the Rashtrakuta period. The goddess is called Belan Kallachema in Telugu. The figure has fish in hand and a lion on the right.