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- This elegant Shaiva figure was part of a deva-kostha or sculptural niche placed on the walls of a now-lost Shaiva shrine and is now housed in the Government Museum, Sikar. The figure has four hands, with the upper two holding a skull-scepter and cobras. In his lower left hand, he holds a cup, or rather a skull, with the fingers of the right hand dipping towards the potion contained within it. On the left is an image of vyala, which was once placed in the salilantara recess of the temple wall. Iconographically, the figure suggests a tantric influence. The potion held in the cup/skull represents the spiritual nectar of the bliss attained after the completion of tantric sadhana in both Shaiva and Buddhist tantric traditions. Image courtesy: Government Museum, Sikar
- Parola chiave:
- Rajasthan, Temples of India, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Sikar
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 09-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 09-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image
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- The four-faced linga, placed in the sanctum of the Harshnath Temple, is actively worshipped at the site. It has three benevolent faces, while the one facing north bears a fierce expression. They collectively represent the Sadashiva form of Shiva. The idol is contemporaneous to the main shrine but there is some debate over whether it was the original cult image in the shrine or a later replacement. Ambika Dhaka (2001:377) highlights a strong possibility of it being a later replacement based on two points. 1) According to the texts, the fierce face should be facing southward, but here it faces north. 2) There is a noticeable difference in the circumference of the linga in situ compared to the socket, with the latter being larger.
- Parola chiave:
- Rajasthan, Temples of India, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Sikar
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 09-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 09-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image
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123. Natesa
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- 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
- Parola chiave:
- Sikar, Architecture, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Harshnath Temple, Rajasthan, Temple, Temples of India, and Shakhambari Chahamanas
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 09-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 09-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image
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- The temple, now in a state of ruin consists of a mulaprasada of tri-anga specification, joined by a rangamandapa. It lacks the piṭha but starts from a single plinth course. The vedibandha is damaged in some places but otherwise had a kumbha with an intricate udgama motif and a small central box carrying a figure. The jangha, which is almost destroyed, once had dikpalas at the karṇas as evidenced by remains in the northeastern corner. The surasundaris likely adorned the pratirathas and the salilantara-recesses. Inside the sanctum is a shivalinga in active worship, likely contemporary with the main shrine. The temple lacks any super-structure which may have collapsed over the centuries. Stylistically the architecture of the Harshnath Temple falls in the Maha-Maru style but incorporates elements of the Maru-Gurjara style, particularly evident base mouldings and other temple features.
- Parola chiave:
- Rajasthan, Temples of India, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Sikar
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 08-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 08-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image
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- Inside the sanctum of the temple are beautiful sculptures of nayikas on the wall. Most of them are inscribed with epithets in the 10th-century kutila script. The two-armed damsel carries a chamara fly whisk.
- Parola chiave:
- Rajasthan, Temples of India, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Sikar
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 08-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 08-05-2024
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- In Copyright
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- Image
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- This 18th-century temple is raised on a high platform and located at the entrance of the temple complex, next to the Harshnath Temple. The temple is still active in worship.
- Parola chiave:
- Rajasthan, Temples of India, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Sikar
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 08-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 08-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image
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- Local performing ceremonies at the shrine after marriage inside the Shiva temple of the 18th century CE.
- Parola chiave:
- Sikar, Temples of India, Harshnath Temple, Rajasthan, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Shakhambari Chahamanas
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 08-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 08-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image
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- Inside the sanctum of the temple are beautiful sculptures of nayikas on the wall, while at the centre of the principal/back wall is placed a colossal image of Parvati in penance or the pancagni tapa. Interestingly, their names are scribed in the kuṭila script of the 10th century CE. The inscribed epithet calls her Vikata, a possible explanation for this unusual name would be Gauri treading the Vikata-marga by performing penance. This epithet also appears in the Harsha stone inscription of VS 1030. Shiva, who occupies a central place in the sanctum in the form of linga placed on yoni, is coupled with the representation of Shakti on the surrounding walls inside the sanctum. A four-armed Parvati is depicted performing the penance of the pancagni-tapa, visually represented with fires on either side. She stands erect on an iguana, earning the label Godhasana Gauri. Flanking her are two standing and two sitting female attendants on either side.
- Parola chiave:
- Sikar, Temples of India, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Rajasthan, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Harshnath Temple
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 08-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 08-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image
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- Descrizione:
- Close to the Harshnath temple complex lies the Bhairon shrine, with a semi-iconic rock, locally known as the Harsha Bhairon. He is believed to be a manifestation of the folk hero, Harsha, who decided to settle at the hill to worship Shiva and was blessed by the latter to be worshipped at the hill as Bhairon. Several 10th-century CE sculptures are fixed on the walls of this complex. Today, the Bhairon shrine is the epicentre of pilgrimage to Harsha Hill and is regarded as the family deity of several local castes.
- Parola chiave:
- Rajasthan, Temples of India, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Sikar
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- luogo:
- Sikar
- Data caricata:
- 08-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 08-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image
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- Parola chiave:
- Harshnath Temple, Sikar, Shakhambari Chahamanas, Rajasthan, Temples of India, and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
- Creatore:
- Temples of India Project Team
- Collaboratore:
- Anchit Jain
- Owner:
- tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
- Editore:
- Jio Institute
- Data caricata:
- 07-05-2024
- Data modificata:
- 07-05-2024
- Rights Statement Tesim:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Image