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  • 461. Shesasayi Vishnu

    Descripción:
    Despite the overall Shaiva mood of the Harsha Temple complex, there were once multiple Vaishnav temples on the hill. This particular image of Shesasayi Vishnu or the reclining Vishnu on the serpent Lord Shesa, was likely once the main cultic image inside a now-lost Vaishnav shrine. Nine planets adorn the top of the image, while Vishnu is served by Lakshmi near his feet. Three ayudhapurusa (personification of his weapons) are placed behind him. The reclining Vishnu is shown in his standard iconography wearing a kirita-mukuta, vanamala and with four arms holding a chakra in his left hand above, mace in his right hand which is also supporting his head, flower in his lower right hand while the left lower hand is broken. Image courtesy: Government Museum, Sikar
    Palabra clave:
    Rajasthan, Temples of India, Temple, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Sikar, and Architecture
    Creador:
    Temples of India Project Team
    Contribuidor:
    Anchit Jain
    Owner:
    tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
    Editor:
    Jio Institute
    Ubicación:
    Sikar
    Fecha de Subida:
    09-05-2024
    Fecha Modificada:
    09-05-2024
    Rights Statement Tesim:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Image

  • 462. Lakulisa/Urdhvareta-Shiva

    Descripción:
    This Shaiva figure was possibly part of a deva-kostha or sculptural niche placed on the walls of the now-lost Shaiva shrine. The four-armed seated figure holds a trident and a staff in its upper two hands, while the lower two hands are significantly damaged. The figure is ithyphallic and represents the Urdhvareta aspect of Shiva, signifying full control over vital energies through ascetic vigour. This is likely an image of Lakulisa, the preceptor of the doctrine of Pashupata tradition. Given that the Harshnath Temple was clearly under the control of and likely erected by the ascetics of the Lakulisa-Pashupata tradition, the depiction of Lakulisa on temple walls comes as no surprise. Image Courtesy: Government Museum, Sikar
    Palabra clave:
    Rajasthan, Temples of India, Temple, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Sikar, and Architecture
    Creador:
    Temples of India Project Team
    Contribuidor:
    Anchit Jain
    Owner:
    tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
    Editor:
    Jio Institute
    Ubicación:
    Sikar
    Fecha de Subida:
    09-05-2024
    Fecha Modificada:
    09-05-2024
    Rights Statement Tesim:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Image

  • 463. Natesa

    Descripción:
    The panel depicting Shiva in his dancing form, Natesa, might have once adorned the ceiling of a lost Shaiva temple on Harsha Hill. Even though Natesa is not typically depicted as an independent sculpture in Rajasthan temples, he often appears as an important figure in the architectural spaces. He is elegantly portrayed above the doorway of the main temple at Baroli and elsewhere at Nilakantha and the later Chauhan Temple at Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra. Natesa is surrounded by various dancers and musicians. He is gracefully holding ḍamru in his right hand and possibly a trident in his left hand, which is significantly damaged. Tightly cloistered figures of dancers and musicians in action and angular postures not only provide visual centrality to the figure of dancing Natesa but also enhance the rhythmicity of the scene. To his immediate left is a musician holding a pakjavaja-like drum. The instrument occupies a central position in the squarish space created between Natesa and a dancer on the sides and between the face of the drummer and the dwarf at the bottom Image courtesy: Government Museum, Sikar
    Palabra clave:
    Sikar, Architecture, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Harshnath Temple, Rajasthan, Temple, Temples of India, and Shakhambari Chahamanas
    Creador:
    Temples of India Project Team
    Contribuidor:
    Anchit Jain
    Owner:
    tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
    Editor:
    Jio Institute
    Ubicación:
    Sikar
    Fecha de Subida:
    09-05-2024
    Fecha Modificada:
    09-05-2024
    Rights Statement Tesim:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Image