One of the finest examples of Vijayanagara sculpture at Hampi, this is the famous monolithic Lakshmi Narasimha (the fourth incarnataion of Vishnu). Narasimha is seated on the giant coils of Adishesha, the guardian snake of Vishnu, with its seven hoods acting as a canopy.
The statue is 6.7m tall.
Posted by shruthi at January 24, 2007 7:56 AM in Places
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