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Harshagiri, Purana Mahadeo Temple

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Kramrisch, Stella
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Dance of calm (lasya). The movement of crossed legs and bent knees (in ayata position) allows them to play on drum, flute and mridanga (barrel-shaped drum). The dancer raises a flower and holds her left hand in alapadma, the open hand signifying lotus, or mirror & other objects, qualities, or moods, in the context of the dance. -- Scene of dance and music (now in Sikar Museum Rajasthan). 961-973. 19 ins. high.

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Rajasthan-- Sculpture, stone sculpture, book scan

Citation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/176253

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Basham Photographs

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Image

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Basham Collection

Date created

1954

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This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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