Specification
- Product Code :5594
- Material :Brass
- Size :3.75"H x 3.50"W
- Weight :510 gm.
Description
The beautiful brass knob depicts Yali in a most accomplished manner. Yali is also known as Vyala or Sarabham or Vidala in Sanskrit. He is a mythical creature seen in many Hindu temples, often sculpted onto the pillars. Yali is a motif in Indian art and it has been widely used in south Indian sculpture. Descriptions of and references to yalis are very old, but they became prominent in south Indian sculpture in the 16th century. Yalis are believed to be more powerful than the lion or tiger or the elephant. In its iconography and image the yali has a catlike graceful body, but the head of a lion with tusks of an elephant (gaja) and tail of a serpent. Sometimes they have been shown standing on the back of a makara, another mythical creature. Yali is found as stone carvings in numerous temples in Tamil Nadu and across South India, including the Kailasanathar Temple, Tharamangalam, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.
Description
Specification
- Product Code :5594
- Material :Brass
- Size :3.75"H x 3.50"W
- Weight :510 gm.
Description
The beautiful brass knob depicts Yali in a most accomplished manner. Yali is also known as Vyala or Sarabham or Vidala in Sanskrit. He is a mythical creature seen in many Hindu temples, often sculpted onto the pillars. Yali is a motif in Indian art and it has been widely used in south Indian sculpture. Descriptions of and references to yalis are very old, but they became prominent in south Indian sculpture in the 16th century. Yalis are believed to be more powerful than the lion or tiger or the elephant. In its iconography and image the yali has a catlike graceful body, but the head of a lion with tusks of an elephant (gaja) and tail of a serpent. Sometimes they have been shown standing on the back of a makara, another mythical creature. Yali is found as stone carvings in numerous temples in Tamil Nadu and across South India, including the Kailasanathar Temple, Tharamangalam, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.
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