CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Boat. Tarakasi is a type of silver filigree work from Cuttack. Temples across Odisha possess silver filigree works offered by devotees as votives and gifts on festive occasions. Decorative artifacts such as these boats on a makara (legendary sea creature) are preferred mementoes and souvenirs for tourists.

Subject: Vimana, south wall, bhadra, Devakostha, makara torana detail

Subject: Mukhamandapa, south wall, Makara torana fragment

Subject: Vimana, east wall, bhadra devakostha, makara torana, detail

Subject: Shrine door lintel, top right corner, makara torana

Subject: Shrine door lintel, top left corner, part of makara torana, flying vidyadhara

Subject: Porch, south face of column with makara motif, from porch interior

Subject: Parvati: Parvati is standing in tribhanga (triple bent) pose on a lotus pedestal over a bhadra peetah. The hands are seen in kataka and Iolahasta. She has a karanda mukuta and makara kundalas. Traces of trivali (three folds) can be seen on the abdomen. The waist zone is elaborately worked with tassels hanging from the sides and the center. Armlets, bracelets, padasaras (ornaments), necklaces and yajnopavita (sacred thread) have also been sculpted.

Subject: First gallery, north Facade, architectural detail, foliated scroll panel with makara between gallery reliefs 83 and 84

Subject: Main hall, Shrine doorway: stairs with makara head; Cave temple dedicated to Vishnu.

Subject: Stupa 2, Balustrade, northwest sector, West Gateway, east face of pillar 71B: Makara at base

Subject: Parvati: Parvati is the consort of Shiva. Here her right hand is in kataka mudra; the left arm in lola hasta. The hair is dressed into a high bun. The patterned lower garment is worn with a girdle. Other details include a sacred cord, keyura armlets, makara kundala ear pendants, garlands on both shoulders, and padasaras on the feet. The figure stands on a circular lotus pedestal with holes for fixing the image to a processional carrier.

Subject: A small cave, interior, torana with makara head, detail

Subject: Vimana, north wall, pitha, makara and hamsa mouldings

Subject: East face, makara scroll

Subject: Rangamandapa, south face, makara torana detail

Subject: Parvati: Parvati is the consort of Shiva. Here her right hand is in kataka mudra; the left arm in lola hasta. The hair is dressed into a high bun. The patterned lower garment is worn with a girdle. Other details include a sacred cord, keyura armlets, makara kundala ear pendants, garlands on both shoulders, and padasaras on the feet. The figure stands on a circular lotus pedestal with holes for fixing the image to a processional carrier.

Subject: Parvati: Parvati is the consort of Shiva. Here her right hand is in kataka mudra; the left arm in lola hasta. The hair is dressed into a high bun. The patterned lower garment is worn with a girdle. Other details include a sacred cord, keyura armlets, makara kundala ear pendants, garlands on both shoulders, and padasaras on the feet. The figure stands on a circular lotus pedestal with holes for fixing the image to a processional carrier.

Subject: Antarala, south wall, makara torana

Subject: Buddha's throne-back detail, right, makara and vyala

Subject: Buddha's throne-back detail, right, makara and vyala

Subject: Parvati: Parvati is standing in tribhanga (triple bent) pose on a lotus pedestal over a bhadra peetah. The hands are seen in kataka and Iolahasta. She has a karanda mukuta and makara kundalas. Traces of trivali (three folds) can be seen on the abdomen. The waist zone is elaborately worked with tassels hanging from the sides and the center. Armlets, bracelets, padasaras (ornaments), necklaces and yajnopavita (sacred thread) have also been sculpted.

Subject: Garbhagrha, south wall, makara torana

Subject: Base, makara at corner and genre scenes to right of ascetic with panca-tapas; panca-tapas means five fires