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Art and Sculpture


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Amitabh Buddha
Weight: 1500 gms Height: 21.5 cm, substance: copper
Amitabh is the most ancient Buddha among the Dhyani Buddhas (Panch Buddha). He has a lotus as his sign and his vehicle is peacock. He represents cosmic element of Sanjna (name).


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Parvati
Weight: 1400 gms Height: 15.50 cm Substance: copper
Parvati is a Hindu goddess and consort of Shiva. However, she is not different from Sati, being the reincarnation of that former consort of Shiva. She is also the mother of Ganesha and Skanda.


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Lamp holding by Monkey
Weight: 1200 gms Height: 16 cm Substance: copper


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Nataraja (The God of Dance)
Weight: 1800 gms Height: 23.25 cm Substance: bronze
Nataraja is the dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva, who performs his divine dance as a part of his activities of creation and destruction.Shiva is shown as the source of all movement within the cosmos, represented by the arch of flames. The purpose of the dance is to release men from illusion of the idea of the "self" and of the physical world.


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Nandi
Weight: 900 gms Height 13 cm Substance: bronze
Nandi (The bull), vahana (vehicle) of Shiva, represents strength and virility. In many Shiva temples, Nandi is placed directly opposite the entrance to the shrine containing the central image of Shiva.

 


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Saraswati
Weight: 3750 gms Height: 44 cm Substance: bronze+brass+copper
Goddess Saraswati is the consort of Lord Brahma and possesses the powers of speech, wisdom and learning. She has four hands representing four aspects of human personality in learning; mind, intellect, alertness and ego. With her other two hands she plays the music of love and life on the violin (veena).


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Nairatma
Weight: 3200 gms Height: 33.5 cm Substance: copper
The word 'Nairatma' means 'having no soul' and is another name for Surya. The forms of Nairatma is in many respects similar to the form of Vajravarahi, she is blue in colour while Vajravarahi is red in colour. Nairatma, being an emanation of Akshyobhya, should bear the image of Akshyobhya on the crown and she stands in the Ardhapayanka in a dancing attitude on the moon over the chest of a corpse. Her face looks terrible with bare fangs and protruding tongue. She carries the karti in the right hand and bears a the Kapala and Khartwanga in the left.


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Yogini
Weight: 1350 gms Height: 23 cm Substance: bronze
A yogini is the sacred feminine force made incarnate, an enlightened woman with exuberant passion, spiritual powers and deep insight, capable of giving birth to saints, peacemakers, and yogis.


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