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Trimukha Ganesha - The Guardian of The Three Worlds
This image of Trimukha Ganapati, the Guardian of The Three Worlds, carved from a single piece of vangai wood, light weighing timber from Kalakorchi region of Tamilnadu used for carving since ages, is an amazing work of art and spiritual realisation. Unlike most wooden statues, which carve, using deep relief technique, the features of their images on a wooden plaque and thus seek for them support from behind, this image has discovered each of its parts independent of others without a common base supporting them from anywhere. In Trimukha Ganapati images, the faces flanking on sides are usually joined with shoulders. Here they are held above them, as heads do in actual anatomy. Arms separated from chest, and legs held in a particular position without a blunt background behind them have better defined modeling.
The classical tradition attributes to Trimukha Ganapati, besides three faces and six arms a red complexion and contemplative demeanour, which have been carefully adhered to by the artist in the sculpture.
Lord Ganesha has been adorned with usual costume and ornaments but the frills and girdle are exceptionally charming. Crowns are not so tall as they look. Foreheads are adorned with tripunda mark. The composition is topped by a Shrimukha.
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The Eight Symbols of Good Fortune (Tib. bkra-shis rtags-brgyad, Skt. ashtamangala)
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From the early days of religion in India, a number of auspicious signs and symbols have come down to us, the origin, age, and development of meaning of which can often scarcely by established. These are usually objects, animals, or plants which, because their value or the manner of their employment, served as ritual objects, symbols of deities, or, generally, as status symbols. As they were always used in established ways, such as for daily worship or the ceremonies on particular occasions, it seemed natural to ascribe a special significance, transcending their individual importance, to this specific combination. Such groups of symbols are found, with many variations, in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. One such group consists of the Eight Symbols of Good Fortune, also called the Eight Auspicious Symbols. It is one of the most popular symbol groupings among the Tibetans, and also one of the oldest, being mentioned in the canonical tests, which means that is goes back at least to the Sanskrit or Pali texts of Indian Buddhism. The following are the Eight Symbols of Good Fortune:
- The Parasol
- The Golden Fishes
- The Treasure Vase
- The Lotus
- The Right-Turning Conch Shell
- The Glorious Endless Knot
- The Victory Sign
- The Wheel
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Indian Costumes
Costume is a cultural visual, a mirror of the time and the people. The dress of a people presents a vital clue to their mood and taste, their aesthetic temper, their art and skill to adjust to their social and geographical environment, their resilience to various influences, in short, to their way of living.
In this book, an attempt has been made to capture the glimpses of our sartorial world through time and space. Indian costumes provides a brief survey of how our people dressed themselves in the past and how they now dress themselves in the different regions of this country. A brief has also been made of styles of coiffures and the use of ornaments,... (Read More)
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