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Tirumalisai Alvar
Tiruppuvanam,
Sivaganga Taluk, Madurai District. Height 49 cm. About 14th Century AD.
Tirumalisai Alvar
standing on a padmasana over a bhadrasana. The eyes are fully open and the
hair is fastened in a knot on the top of the head. Hands are in anjali posture. |
Balakrishna
Srinivasanallur, Musiri
Taluk, Trichy District. Height 51 cm. About 14th Century AD.
Balakrishna
dancing on the padmasana over a square bhadrasana. Makarakundalas in the
ears, a long necklace, channavira, keyuras, valayas and a jewelled katisutra are
worn as ornaments. Right hand is extended forward and left is in the posture of dancing. |
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Navanitakrishna
Srinivasanallur,
Musiri Taluk, Trichy District. Height 51cm. About 14th Century AD.
Navanitakrishna dancing on a padmasana over
a bhadrasana. He has two hands. The right hand holds butter in the palm, while the
left hand is extended. He has three rows of necklaces, makarakundalas in his ears and
channavira. |
Dhanvantari
Pattakkudi, Tiruppattur
Taluk, Ramnad District. Height 3.5 cm with disc 5.5 cm. About 17th century AD.
The left hand holds a flask of medicine, the right a rounded object,
presumably a ball of medicine or possibly a bowl into which to pour the medicine from the
flask. There is a girdle apparently without decorative ends.
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