Shankaranarayana, a form of Hari-Hara

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Shankaranarayana, a form of Hari-Hara, stands in samabhanga on a lotus placed on a low dais. The right half of the figure is Shankara (a form of Shiva), carrying a mriga (gazelle) in his upper right hand with his lower right in abhaya mudra. A tiger skin is wound around his hips and an angavastra (shawl) is draped over his elbow. The left half of the figure is the blue-complexioned Narayana (a form of Vishnu). In his upper left hand is the shankha (conch) and his lower left hand rests on the gada (mace).

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Size: 2850px × 3497px
Location: India
Photo credit: © The Protected Art Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: album, conch, dais, deity, gazelle, hindu, india, lotus, mace, manuscript, mriga, naranyana, shawl, siva, vishnu