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Saint or Warrior?

January 12, 2016 sridhar Leave a comment

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  • Ganesha
    • Mahaganapati
    • Ganesha (Hoysala?)
    • Ganesha on Vahana
    • Valampuri Ganesha (Standing)
    • Mahaganapati
    • Ganapati – Valampuri
    • Ganesha (Gujarat)
    • Valampuri Ganesha
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    • Ganesha almost dancing
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    • Mahaganapati (Balamuri)
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    • Ganesha (Nepal)
    • Ganesha (From Himachal?)
  • Anjaneya Or Hanuman
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    • Hanuman
    • Hanuman
    • Hanuman – A happy face
    • Anjaneya
    • Vira Anjaneya
    • Anjaneya
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    • Veera Anjaneya
    • Anjaneya Singing Bhajan
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    • Veera Anjaneya
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      • Pala Vishnu and consorts (Standing)
      • Vishnu and consorts (Pala)
      • Vishnu triad (Kerala)
      • Vishnu Triad (Gujarat?)
      • Vishnu Triad (Himachal Pradesh?)
      • Vishnu Triad (Himachal Pradesh)
      • Vishnu (Gujarat)
      • Vishnu Triad
      • Ananata Sai (Chromolithograph)
      • Vishnu with attendants (Western India)
    • Vishnu
      • Standing Vishnu
      • Vishnu (?)
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      • Vishnu
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      • Vishnu Krishna
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      • Sitarama (GJ)
      • Ram Darbar
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      • Yoga Sitarama
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      • Hayagriva
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      • Ugra Narasimha – Nepal
      • Hayagriva or Jambuvan ?
      • Lakshmi Narasimha (Ganga Jamuna ?)
      • Standing Narasimha
      • Hayagriva
  • Kishna (Vishnu’s Avatar)
    • Krishna accompanied Menu
      • Vithoba with consorts
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      • Radha Krishna
      • Kaliya Mardaka
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      • Krishna Yasodha and Nanda
      • Yasodha Krishna
      • Yasodha Krishna (Classical)
      • Radhakrishna
      • Radha Krishna (Western India)
      • Kaliya (Chromolithograph)
    • Krishna – On his own
      • Krishna standing with flute
      • Vithoba (Ganga Jamuna)
      • Vithoba
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      • Krishna under Naga hood
      • Navneetha Krishna
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      • Dancing Krishna
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      • Dancing Krishna
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      • Kaliyamardaka
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      • Crawling Krishna (Bengal)
      • Vatapatrasai
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      • Somaskanda
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      • Lakshmi
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      • Tripura – A form of Gauri/Parvati
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      • Kali (Karnataka)
      • Annapurna with Prabhavali
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      • Mahishasuramardhini
      • Mahishasuramardhini -Durga
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      • Mardhini (Orissa)
      • Mahishasuramardhini (GJ)
      • Mardhini (Repousse Nepal)
      • Mardhini (Tribal)
      • Mardhini (Deccan – Folk)
      • Mahishasuramardini (Orissa)
      • Mardini (Gujarat)
      • Mardini
      • Mardini – Western India
      • Durga (Bengal)
      • Mardhini (Chromolithograph)
      • Durga (Kerala)
    • Goddesses – Others
      • Goddess (from Burma?)
      • Radha
      • Ganga
      • Yamuna or Deepalakshmi or a cosmetic holder?
      • Mother Goddess (Folk)
      • Hariti (Possibly Sasthi?)
      • Sakambhari
      • Varahi
      • Manasa – Part of a sacred pot
      • Manasa (stone relief)
  • Surya (Sun God)
    • Dhatr Surya (?)
    • Surya on a chariot
    • Surya Lamp (Nepal)
    • Surya (Pala)
    • Surya (Seated Pala)
    • Surya with attendants
    • Seated Surya
  • Composite deities
    • Govinda Bhairava (Tribal)
    • Govinda Bhairava (?)
    • Vasudeva Kamalaja
    • Harihara
    • Dattatreya – Ek Mukhi
    • Dattatreya – Ek Mukh seated
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    • Trimuthi
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  • Saints and Minor Deities
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    • Vadiraja
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    • Purandara Dasa
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    • Gomata
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    • A pair of feet (Kavacha?)
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  • When is a fake a FAKE?
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  • Yoga Lakshminarasimha
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