Brahma at CSMVS

Brahma
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This is a sculpture of three headed and four handed (Chaturbhuja) standing Brahma. His upper right hand holds sacrificial ladle (shruk) and his upper left hand holds a lotus bud. He is holding a Kamandalu in his principal left hand. The object in his principal right hand is damaged. A male and a female attendants can be seen on his either side. He is wearing a conical jatamukuta. He is shown wearing necklaces, bracelets and yajnopavita.

Brahma’s sculpture is made of sandstone. It dates back to 7th – 8th Century CE, possibly from Hoyasala Dynasty period in Karnataka.

Sculpture dimension is 108 x 47 cms.

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