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Site Name:

Date: ca 600-699 CE

Subject: The Hindu God Vishnu on His Mount Garuda

Site Name: Almora

Date: ca 800-899 CE

Subject: The Hindu Goddess Gauri

Site Name:

Date: ca 600-699 CE

Subject: The Hindu God Vishnu on His Mount Garuda from right

Site Name: Tampaksiring

Date:

Subject: Calendar Stone: Triangle. Perhaps representative of the Hindu trinity, Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva.

Site Name: Preah Khan

Date: 1191 CE

Subject: First Enclosure (Central Compound), Lotus blossoms, red pigment and Intrusive Hindu ascetics; Known also as Nagarajayashri, Preah Khan was built on the site of Jayavarman VII's victory over the Cham invaders in 1181. The monastery was dedicated to the father of Jayavarman VII and the Avalokitesvara image in the temple was sculpted in his likeness.

Site Name:

Date: ca 800-899 CE

Subject: The Hindu God Vishnu with Shri Lakshmi and His Mount Garuda

Site Name:

Date: ca 800-899 CE

Subject: The Hindu God Kumara

Site Name: Tiruvengadu

Date: 1000-1025 CE

Subject: Valli: A detail of the Hindu goddess Valli, the second consort of the god Kartikeya.

Site Name: Kadalangudi

Date: 1100-1199 CE

Subject: Skanda riding peacock: Skanda, the Hindu god of war who was the firstborn son of Shiva. Skanda has obscure origins and probably represents a conflation of a number of Shiva myths. He sits here on his divine vehicle, the peacock.

Site Name: Ellora

Date: 501-600 CE

Subject: Nandi mandapa showing Lajja Gauri in the courtyard before the Hindu rock-cut temple 21, known as Ramesvara, at Ellora. This is a monolithic platform and on the southwestern face of the solid platform, is carved an anthropomorphic Lajja Gauri. Lajja Gauri in the center of the panel is damaged. The two flanking female attendants who bear fly whisks are carved into the rock between relief pilasters. The goddess's head is haloed, her arms are held up, but are damaged, her hair is tied up in a large bun and she wears a jeweled headband, lotus earrings, necklace, girdle, and anklets. Since the bull on the Nandi mandapa platform faces the Sivalinga of rock-cut temple 21, the goddess is clearly associated with Shiva and Nandi.

Site Name: Ellora

Date: 501-600 CE

Subject:

Nandi mandapa showing Lajja Gauri in the courtyard before the Hindu rock-cut temple 21, known as Ramesvara, at Ellora. This is a monolithic platform and on the southwestern face of the solid platform, is carved an anthropomorphic Lajja Gauri. Lajja Gauri in the center of the panel is damaged. The two flanking female attendants who bear fly whisks are carved into the rock between relief pilasters. The goddess's head is haloed, her arms are held up, but are damaged, her hair is tied up in a large bun and she wears a jeweled headband, lotus earrings, necklace, girdle, and anklets. Since the bull on the Nandi mandapa platform faces the Sivalinga of rock-cut temple 21, the goddess is clearly associated with Shiva and Nandi.