Location:
Mezzanin: Collecting Craze. I Suffer from Museomania!
Mezzanin: Collecting Craze. I Suffer from Museomania!
Location:
Mezzanin: Collecting Craze. I Suffer from Museomania!
Mezzanin: Collecting Craze. I Suffer from Museomania!
Lakshmi Narayana
Standort
Vishnu in his appearance as the supreme transcendent being Narayana embraces Lakshmi, the female embodiment of his creative powers. As a goddess in her own right, she is worshipped as the giver of happiness, prosperity and fertility. The loving couple is supported by Garuda, Vishnu's mount in its anthropomorphic form, and an elephant, which refers to Lakshmi's function as a fertility goddess.
Object data
Inv. No.
102768
Collection
Object Name
Lakshmi-Narayana
Collection
Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este (1863 Graz - 1914 Sarajevo) - GND
Dated
12th century
Culture
Geography
Material
Sandstone
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