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Ganesha
Anjaneya Or Hanuman
Vishnu
- Vishnu Triads
- Vishnu
Vishnu’s Avatar (Krishna below)
- Rama Avatar
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Kishna (Vishnu’s Avatar)
Shiva and his forms
- Shiva with consort Menu
- Shiva (on his own)
Goddesses
Surya (Sun God)
Composite deities
Saints and Minor Deities
Jain bronzes
Buddhist bronzes
Bhuta and folk bronzes
Vahanas – Gods’ Vehicles
Lamps and Implements
What I saw and heard…
Wooden seeder
Petals from Lotus mandala
Umlakh – Groom’s Crown
Kodanda Rama
Burmese loom pulley
Sastha (Aiyanar)
When is a fake a FAKE?
Chessboard
Innovation or Fake?
Garudasana (LakshmiNarayana on Garuda)
Snake Goddess (Manasa?)
Veerabhadra
Yoga Lakshminarasimha
Navneethakrishna
Vaishnavite Saint (Ramanuja?)
Anantasai
Mahishasuramardhini (Tribal)
Radha (On her own)
Vishnu (Kerala)
Krishna
Durga (Bengal)
Rama (GJ)
Subramanya
Venugopala (Orissa)
Mahasakthi or Kali
Prabhavali (Chandraprabha)
Visvakesana
Durga (Mardhini)
Virabhadhra
Lakshminarayana (Gujarat)
Umamaheshwara
Acchupta (Jain Goddess)
Nritya Ganesha
Vishnu (Himachal)
Goddess on elephant
Adhikara Nandi
Seated Krishna
Bhagawati (Durga)
Mardhini (Nepal)
Yoga Lakshminarasimha
Lakshminarayana (Nepal)
Sri Devi (Seated)
Vishnu (Deccan)
Hanuman and Garuda
Jambala (Bengal)
Annapurna
Ambika (Gujarat)
Ambika (Jain)
Umamaheshwara
Vishnu (Nepal)
Ram Darbar
Venugopala (Tamil Nadu)
Trimurthi
Dvarapala
Lakshmi Narayana (A rarer form)
Panchayatna (Saivite)
Ganesha Lamp (Nepal)
Pachayatna
Vithobha
Rama (Ganga Jamuna)
Tirthankara – Chandraprabha (?)
Lakshminarayana
Navneet Krishna (Four-armed)
Lakshman (Ganga Jamuna)
Kneeling Garuda (Ganga Jamuna)
Lakshmi Ganapati (Ganga Jamuna)
Manjushri (An Esoteric Manifestation)
Yoga Lakshminarasimha
Veerabhadra (Ganga Jamuna)
Saraswati
Lakshminarasimha
Crawling Krishna (Odisha)
Dancing Krishna (Odisha)
Sakti Ganapati
Venugopala (seated)
What is new?
Vamana (Possibly)
Shiva Parvathi group
Jain Altarpiece
Kaliya Mardaka
Kali (Bhadrakali)
Lakshminarasimha (Deccan)
Panca-Paramesthis (Five Supreme ones)
Mahaganapathi
Bhairava and Bhairavi (Standing)
Surya (Pala)
Vaishnavi (Odisha)
A male deity
Narasimha (with a difference)
Sayana Ramar
Durga as Mardhini
Lakshmi Narasimha
Kannappa Nayanar
Ganesha (Folk/Tribal)
Rama, Lakshmana and Sita
Uma Maheshwara (Pala)
Uma Maheshwara (Himachal)
Madurai Veeran (A folk hero)
Bhairava (Possibly)
Sudarshana (With Yoga Narasimha)
Really?…..Do your own research.
Bull with a devotee
Seated Vishnu Triad (Kerala)
Art of Indian Bronzes – Past and Future
Ganesha – Two-armed (Is it?)
Crawling Krishna
Vishnu (Stone sculpture)
Mohra (Himachal Pradesh)
Gods on a goblet – But why?
Rajamannar
Chandikesvara
Dwarapala
Vatapatrasai Vs Santana Gopala
A Thirthankara (Stone)
Khandobha and his consorts
A tale of two Annapurnas
Lakshmi – The Goddess of Wealth
Vamana – An avatar of Vishnu
Dancing Krishna
Manuscript cover (Nepal)
Ganesha, Ganesha, Ganesha..
Linga
Bhairava
Parvathi and Ganesha
Ambika (Jain faith)
Parvathi as a Tapasvini
Kaliyamardaka
Dakshinamurthy
Is it a fake or a reproduction?
Navneetha Krishna
An ascetic (Kulasekhara Alwar?)
Ved Vyasa
Mother Goddess (unknown)
Sitarama
Surya (South India)
Ganesha
Mahishasuramardhini (Mardhini)
Surya or Suryanarayana
Pancatirtha (Jain Faith).
Mardhini (Karnataka)
Lakshman
Vishnu – Under a Naga
Dancing Krishna
Veera Anjaneya
Shiva and his family
Rama
Khandobha
Vishnu triad (Karnataka)
Balarama
Shiva (Gujarat)
Sambandar
Shatrughna
Ardhanari
Mahalakshmi (Kolhapur)
Venugopala
Tara
Bhadrakali
Vishnu triad (Karnataka)
Mardhini
Harihara
Bhairava
Santana Gopala
Varahi
Ananthasai
Mardhini
Dancing Krishna – Chennai Museum
Ganesha (Gujarat)
Veerabhadra
Goddess – Unidentified
Mohra (Devatas)
Anklet (From Bhuta Kola / Theyyam)
Saptamatrika
Meenakshi
Theyyam (Dancer)
Garuda (Kneeling)
Ganesha
Aranyani (Goddess of forests)
Surya (South Indian)
Matsyendranatha
Andal
Pancha Tirthika (Jain)
Ram Darbar – A reproduction
Revanta
Sitarama (Ganga Jamuna)
Ganesha (Dagadusheth Halwai)
Lakshminarayana (Ganga Jamuna)
Lakshminarasimha
Surya (Armband)
Lakshminarayana (Himachal)
On cleaning Indian bronzes
Suryanarayana
Vithoba with his consorts
Tribal, Folk and Nagara bronzes (1)
Umamaheshwara
Nammalvar
Anantasai
Rama – Ganga Jamuna (Gujarat)
Kannadi Bimbam (Mirror deity)
Rama – Folk (Andhra?)
A syncretic Goddess
Rama (Ganga Jamuna)
Lakshminarasimha
Shiva and his family
Astabhuja Bhairava
Parasurama
Venugopala
Ganesha (Kerala)
Lakshminarayana
Lakshmi Hayagriva
Surya with consort
Spotting fakes – A simple check
Yoga Narasimha – In print.
Ugra Lakshminarasimha
Dancing Ganesha
It is funny, but nice.
Dakshinamurthy (Folk)
An oil lamp from Kerala, it is a treasure
Bhairavi
Ganesha, riding lions.
Veenadhara Dakshinamurthy
Yogapatta – Seen through bronzes
Nataraja
Eleven avatars of Vishnu – From Sringeri
Durga Arm Band
Tripurantaka – A masterpiece: Sringeri (2)
Ganesha – Pala
Mariamman
Mohra – Himachal Pradesh
Yoga Rama

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