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Title | [A four-armed incarnation of Visnu (Varaha?), Kesava Temple, Somnathpur, India] D-000092 |
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Creator/other | Foekema, Gerard M.M., Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Shelfmark | D-000092 |
Subject (geographic) | Somnathpur |
Subject (temporal) | India, Hoysala Period, 11th-mid 14th century AD |
Note | This is probably Varaha with the rescued world in his hands. Though Narasimhachar says it to be a monkey-headed god with some sort of fruit in his hands. In this regard there is no monkey-tail or any story to fit this image. Narasimhachar, 1982: pl. xi 1. |
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Part of | Foekema nr. 12-12 6 |
Language | No linguistic content |
Country | No place, unknown, or undetermined |
Extent | 1 photograph. |
Published/created | 1979. |
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