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Content Provider | Indian Culture |
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Spatial Coverage | Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Temporal Coverage | 9th Century CE (Medieval Period) |
Description | The surround, at present, consists of a sill (udumbara), jambs (pedya) made up of several moldings (sakhas) with river goddess groups at the base, which are saivite in character, and an architrave more surely from a Surya shrine. The udumbara has two crouching lions at the sides, the heads facing to the front and one paw raised to the chest. The central projection (mandaraka) is in the shape of a lotus flower with intricately carved stalk and a nodule in the form of an incipient kirttimukha. On either side of the mandaraka are pairs of Udadhikumaras holding pots in their hands, each riding a makara with a foliated tail. The left jamb base shows the river goddess Yamuna in tribhanga pose standing right next to the doorway opening. She carries a large lotus bud and leans on a headless female attendant behind whom can be seen a partially hidden female parasol bearer. The parasol itself bears a petal design and is shaped like a flower. Below the parasol bearer is a small figure, now almost completely destroyed. Next we see the heavy and fierce figure of Nandisvara with four hands and a dagger tucked into the girdle. The lower hands are held at the chest, and the upper hands carry a damaru and a staff to the right of Nandisvara is a small female attendant. The entire group stands on a slab placed above a turtle and a makara with a floriated tail. Above Nandisvara are two bharaputrakas carrying a slab on which is carved a scene depicting the Shiva Linga worship. The base of the right door jamb has a similar group. First the river Ganga carrying a large lotus bud with a female attendant on whom she rests her hand and a male parasol bearer. Next to these, is a damaged dwarflike figure followed by the four-armed Mahakala in one of whose hands is a trident. A male attendant, now headless accompany him. The group stands on a pedestal placed above two makaras with floriated tails. Above are bharaputraka figures carrying a slab on which are figures listening to a discourse. Moldings of the jamb surmount the river goddess groups. These consist of a pilaster (stambhasakha) with ghata-pallava base, the shaft clasped by a kirttimukha band below the capital. A long pendant chain terminating in a tasseled ornament issues from the mouth of the kirttimukha. Above the overflowing pot capital, in the architrave proper, are kumarikas flanked by vyalas, the maiden to the left shown in the act of tying her dhoti and the one to the right adjusting her hair ornament in a mirror. The outermost ovolo moldings (bahyasakha) show floral scrolls issuing from the navels of seated Yaksas and extend into the door frame's architrave. The bands or rupasakhas on the inner side of the stambhasakhas contain mithuna figures in niches. These are topped in the architrave by two- armed guardian figures carrying tridents between whom are flying Vidyadhara couples holding garlands. The nagasakha molding follows next and is formed by the two Nagas' tails who hover just above the heads of the river goddesses, hands folded in adoration. The innermost band is quite narrow and filled with a floral scroll motif that travels around the door frame. The architrave is interrupted in the centre by an image of Surya seated in seven horses' chariot. He is accompanied by his consorts Rajni and Niksubha, and by Aruna, his charioteer. The uppermost sections of the architrave contain a band filled with interlaced garlands and a row of dentils decorated with small crouching vyala protomes. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Publisher | Allahabad Museum |
Publisher Place | Allahabad |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Sculpture Stone Sculpture |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |
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