The trio of Ganesha, Surya, and Chandra is one of the several loose sculptures that were affixed on the later structures at the site. The three figures may have once been part of a larger panel depicting the nine heavenly bodies or the navagraha. While the dancing Ganesha is four-armed, the images of Surya and Chandra have only two, broken in both cases. The erect uplift posture or the samabhanga of Surya contrasts with the dynamic posture of Ganesha and the tribhanga pose of Chandra. The halos of the three figures are quite similar to the Surya figure of Image 18. Both Surya and Chandra have broken heads but can be identified through the boots of the former image and the depiction of a crescent behind the neck of the latter.

Creator

• Temples of India Project Team

Mitwirkende

• Anchit Jain

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Stichwort

• Rajasthan
• Temples of India
• Shakhambari Chahamanas
• Harshnath Temple
• Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
• Sikar

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

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