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Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Yaksi Agnila in seated position

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Yaksi Agnila in seated position

Site Name: Sannati

Date: 301-400 CE

Subject:

Site Name: Siddhanakolla

Date: 701-800 CE

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This representation of Lajja Gauri is in the form of uttanapad (birth giving position) pot-goddess. It is personified purna kumbha, or brimming vase of fortune. The legs are joined to a truncated torso that may be perceived either as the pudendum, belly, and lower rib cage of a female figure or a traditional purna kumbha. The potlike lower torso is topped by a lotus flower. The vase brimming with lotus flowers is a traditional symbol of fortune, life and procreative power.

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Date: Late 601-700 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: 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.

Site Name: Mathura

Date: 300-399 CE

Subject: Kubera with Lakshmi and Hariti, seated found from Manoharpur (Mathura)

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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: Mathura

Date: 800-899 CE

Subject: hariti, seated

Site Name: Bilgi/ Bilagi

Date: ca 1570 CE

Subject: Mandapa, 8-armed Durga

Site Name: Bhedaghat

Date: ca 900-999 CE

Subject: Fragment of Varahi

Site Name: Bhedaghat

Date: ca 700-799 CE

Subject: Dancing female divinity, Vaisnavi, headless

Site Name: Bhedaghat

Date: ca 700-799 CE

Subject: Brahmi dancing, headless

Site Name: Bhedaghat

Date: ca 975 CE

Subject: Female divinity, seated

Site Name: Bhedaghat

Date: ca 975 CE

Subject: Female divinity, seated

Site Name: Bhedaghat

Date: ca 975 CE

Subject: Varahi dancing, fragment

Site Name: Bhedaghat

Date: ca 700-799 CE

Subject: Aindri, dancing

Site Name: Bhavka

Date: 1200-1225 CE

Subject: Prasada, north bhadra, niche

Site Name: Kudavelli

Date: Late 601-700 CE

Subject:

Lajja Gauri: This image of Lajja Gauri from a Chalukya-period Shiva temple is lotus headed with a human female body. The body is carved of a piece with the altar upon which it lies supine and there is an ablution drain/nala by the left knee. The lotus head has large petals. She holds a lotus bud in each hand and seems to proffer them onto her lotus head. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose.

Site Name: Sannati

Date: 201-400 CE

Subject:

Lajja Gauri: This representation of Lajja Gauri is in the form of uttanapad (birth giving position) pot-goddess. It is personified purna kumbha, or brimming vase of fortune. The legs are joined to a truncated torso that may be perceived either as the pudendum, belly, and lower rib cage of a female figure or a traditional purna kumbha. The potlike lower torso is topped by a lotus flower. The vase brimming with lotus flowers is a traditional symbol of fortune, life and procreative power.

Site Name: Beyalisbati

Date: ca 1276-1299 CE

Subject: South wall, Varahi on madhyaratha

Site Name: Sannati

Date: 201-400 CE

Subject:

Lajja Gauri: This representation of Lajja Gauri is in the form of uttanapad (birth giving position) pot-goddess. It is personified purna kumbha, or brimming vase of fortune. The legs are joined to a truncated torso that may be perceived either as the pudendum, belly, and lower rib cage of a female figure or a traditional purna kumbha. The potlike lower torso is topped by a lotus flower. The vase brimming with lotus flowers is a traditional symbol of fortune, life and procreative power.

Site Name: Sannati

Date: 201-400 CE

Subject:

This representation of Lajja Gauri is in the form of uttanapad (birth giving position) pot-goddess. It is personified purna kumbha, or brimming vase of fortune. The legs are joined to a truncated torso that may be perceived either as the pudendum, belly, and lower rib cage of a female figure or a traditional purna kumbha. The potlike lower torso is topped by a lotus flower. The vase brimming with lotus flowers is a traditional symbol of fortune, life and procreative power.

Site Name: Hinglajgarh

Date: 1000-1199 CE

Subject: Saptamatrka on lintel

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