Vishnu as Vaikunthanatha

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Vishnu as Vaikunthanatha. The god, flanked by his consorts, sits on the coils of the serpent Śeṣa, whose body rests on a throne, his hoods spread above the deity’s head. In his upper right hand the god carries the chakra (discus) and in his upper left the shankha (conch); in his lower right hand he holds the gada (mace) and the lower left hangs loose on his left knee. The god’s left leg is flexed and rests on the serpent’s coils, while the right leg hangs down, supported by Nila Devi. On Vaikunthanatha’s right sits the four armed Śrī Devi, with open lotuses in her upper hands while her lower right hand is in abhaya and her lower left in varada mudra. On his left sits the two-armed Bhu Devi, who carries a closed lotus in her right hand.

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Size: 2850px × 3228px
Location: India
Photo credit: © The Protected Art Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: chakra, conch, deities, discus, hindu, india, lotus, mace, mudra, serpent, varada, vishnu