This is Muthappan, Siva as toddy tapper. A folk deity from Northern Kerala. The attributes identifying this bronze as a form of Siva, include third eye, cobra hood in the belt and sarpakundala (ear…
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Lakshmi Narayana (Folk)
This is Vishnu standing next to Lakshmi. Vishnu is holding conch, lotus, mace and discuss/wheel, starting from lower right hand clockwise. Lotus and mace have long stem/handle. Conch and discuss ar…
Source: Lakshmi Narayana (Folk)
Panjurli
“Panjurli is one of the most powerful spirits worshipped in the Bhuta region. Being a spirit of totemistic origin, Panjurli got rooted in this region of agricultural and forest land and is wo…
Source: Panjurli
Pala Vishnu and consorts (Standing)
The above is a typical representation of Vishnu and his consorts in Bengal (including current Bangladesh) and Bihar areas during the Pala regime. Pala kingdom reigned that region between tenth and …
Bhairava (Kala)
This miniature bronze, just about 6.5 cm, may have served as personal icon in a home altar. He is holding sword, trishul, drum (Khadga) and cup (may be skull), starting lower right hand in the clo…
Source: Bhairava (Kala)
Vishnu and Consorts (GJ)
This is a classic representation of Vishnu with his consorts Sri devi and Bhu devi. Vishnu is identified by his attributes discuss/wheel (Chakra) and conch/Shell (Shankha). Sri devi, on VishnuR…
Source: Vishnu and Consorts (GJ)
Harihara
This is Harihara, syncretic form of Vishnu (Hari) and Siva (Hara). In some literature the reference is to Sankaranarayana (Shankar: Siva and Narayana: Vishnu). The concept of syncretic deities is a…
Source: Harihara
Bird’s eye view
Sharing my passion for Indian Bronzes
Source: Bird’s eye view
Crawling Krishna
This bronze is infant Krishna, holding a ball of butter, crawling to escape his foster mother Yasodha. This theme is very popular throughout India and most of the bronzes of this type are small as…
Source: Crawling Krishna
Dancing Krishna
One more dancing Krishna and at 15 cms it is much larger than the one blogged earlier. Very chubby and very heavy. But less detailed than the smaller one and there is significant ritual wear. Kris…
Source: Dancing Krishna
Bronzes of India - A personal collection 