Krishna with Consorts

    Valudaiyur hamlet of Adikudi, Lalgudi Taluk, Trichy District. Height 2'5". About 13th Century AD.

    Krishna standing in tribhanga pose on a padmasana. His right hand is holding a crooked stick while the left hand  is bent so as to rest on the shoulder of Sathyabhama. Kesa bandha over the head. The right ear has makarakundala and the left has the patrakundala. Rukmini stands similarly on the right of Krishna on a padmasana. Right hand is in lola hasta and the left in kataka. The hair is arranged in a beautiful dhammilla fashion. Sathyabhama stands similarly on the left of Krishna. This portrays similarity with Rukmini except for the position of the hands.

Lakshminarayana

     Chimakurti, Ongole Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.  Height 10 cm, with prabha 21 cm. About 17th century AD.

     The Prabha has a several headed cobra over the head of Vishnu, discus, makaras, yali, conch and foliage.

    The discus and fingers of the back right hand are broken and missing. The Vadagalai namam is present on Vishnu's forehead.

Yoganarasimha

     Locality unknown. Height 16.5 cm. About 14th Century AD.

     Yoganarasimha has four hands. The upper hands hold discus and conch respectively in his right and left hands. The lower right is in abhaya and the left is resting on the knee. The yogapatta leaves the right leg bare. This leg hangs below the top of the pedestal from the knee downwards.