Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds

Site Name: Bhuj

Date: 301-500 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri: 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.

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Date: 1779-1780 CE

Subject: General view

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Date: 1779-1780 CE

Subject: General view

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Date: 1759-1806 CE

Subject: General view

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Date: 1759-1806 CE

Subject: Interior, view of plain chamber

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Date: 1759-1806 CE

Subject: Exterior, east side showing three engrailed arched springing from pillars

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Date: 1779-1780 CE

Subject: Interior, Domed ceiling and clerestory

Site Name: Khajuraho

Date: 1002 CE

Subject: Pradaksinapatha, Indra with Sachi

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Date: 1759-1806 CE

Subject: Exterior, Dome resting on square brick structure

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Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Matrka, seated

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Date: 1000-1099 CE

Subject: Vaisnavai, matrka

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Date: 1759-1806 CE

Subject: Exterior, View of dome with inverted lotus

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Date: 1759-1806 CE

Subject: Exterior, View of dome with inverted lotus

Site Name: Khajuraho

Date: 1030 CE

Subject: Mandapa, vedibandha, south face, Camunda in niche

Site Name: Naganathakolla

Date: Late 601-700 CE

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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: Dhank

Date: 601-700 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri: 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.

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Date: 601-700 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri with Ganesha and a devotee: This stone panel carved in the wall of a stepwell contains an image of anthropomorphic Lajja Gauri. The goddess holds lotus flowers to either side of her head. Her coiffure is richly elaborated and she wears beaded ornaments. This image included a lotus base beneath the goddess and an eave with chaitya arched overhead. If anything was to her right it is now lost, but to her left is a kneeling female devotee and Ganesha above the devotee.