Goddess Durga is one of the most popular goddesses in India. She is worshipped in States like West Bengal. The Goddess is a symbol of the triumph of the good over the bad. The Kalamkari painting has reflected the power of the goddess who killed the demon Mahishasur. During the month of September –October, the Goddess Durga is worshipped by a section of the Hindus across the country.
The beautiful bust of Goddess Gauri has been nicely chiseled out of brass reflecting some of the basic features of sculptural beauty. Gauri is the wife of Lord Shiva and Hara-Gauri are the symbol of eternal love between husband and wife. Her face, ears have been more prominent here. The lips, the face, the prominent eyes have been given a refine treatment by the sculptor.
Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. The goddess is worshipped for prosperity. One of the most popular goddesses in Hinduism, even a woman who brings luck to the family is called Lakshmi. The owl is her vehicle (that is why she is also known as Uluka Vahini). The gracefulness and feminine flair in the image is manifest.
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- Product Code :4132
- Material :BRASS
- Size :7.50"H x 7.75"W
- Weight :2.450 kg.
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- Product Code :4002
- Material :Brass
- Size : 10.50"H x 9.75"W x 5"D
- Weight :3.700 Kg.
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The brass idol of Lord Shiva in meditation, with a warm subtle smile on his face, is a popular representation of the lord across Hindu temples, worldwide. Lord Shiva is often vouched as the most powerful of Hindu Gods and holds the role of the destroyer in the holy trinity. Also known as Mahadeva, Bhole Nath, Natraja, Vishwanath and Pashupati, Lord Shiva has the most distinctive appearance, devoid of expensive jewellery and regal attire. On the contrary, the lord sits on tiger’s skin and wears lion cloth. A number of Rudraksh rosaries and live hooded snakes adorn his body in the name of jewelry. He keeps a trident, with a damroo tucked to it, for the sake of weapon and a musical instrument.
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- Product Code :4010
- Material :Brass
- Size :9"H x 5.75"W x 2.50"D
- Weight :2.400 kg.
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- Product Code :80
- Material :Cotton
- Size :70"x22"
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Lord Rama with his companians, a labourious Kalamkari work showing Hanumana, Hayagreeva, Laxman, Bharat, Sugreeva and others.
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- Product Code :B1235
- Material :Brass
- Size :3.50"H x 1.75"W x 0.75"D
- Weight : 450GM
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The beautiful Wooden Box is a piece to preserve for all art connoisseurs. The young beautiful lady is shown writing love letters for her beloved with all tenderness. The part of the pond with swans swimming all across and the lotus flowers as well as the deer have made the box a beautiful art work.
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- Product Code :4059
- Material :Cotton Cloth
- Size :44" x 35"
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The Kalamkari painting depicts Lord Murugan, the son of Lord Shiva in a nice way. Lord Murugan, son of Lord Shiva is especially popular among the Tamil population of South India. There is an ancient anecdote about the origin of Murugan. When Sati, the consort of Shiva immolated herself at the Daksha Yagna she was later reborn as Uma, or Parvati the daughter of the mountain king Himavaan (the Himalayas). Depressed over the loss of Sati, Lord Shiva engaged himself in yogic meditation in the Himalayas. However, in the meantime, a demon named Surapadman wraught havoc on earth causing untold miseries to human beings. The gods realised that only the son born of Shiva could lead the gods to triumph over Tarakasuran, Surapadman and their companions. As a result,they plotted with Kamadeva, to persuade Shiva and shoot a flower arrow at Shiva, when he was engrossed in deep meditation. The trick worked. When Kama shot his arrow, Mahadev opened his third eye and burned Kama to ashes instantly. The fire from Shiva's third eye were hard to extinguish and it was then carried by the river Ganges into the Saravana forest. There the fire was brought to a pond called Saravana Poigai. Out of the fire were born six children of Lord Shiva. Parvati combined these six babies into one with six faces, i.e. Shanmukha or Arumugan or Murugan. Murugan became the general of the demi-gods and led the gods to victory against the demons.
Lord Shiva Sculpture in copper made by Nepalese craftsman using lost wax technique. Shiva is one of the god in Hindu trinity. Shiva holds a conch shell, a trident and an hour-glass drum that symbolizes the creative pulse of the universe. Shiva's trident is symbolic of the past, present, and future, the three aspects of time. Lord Shiva represents the aspect of the Supreme Being that continuously dissolves to recreate in the cyclic process of creation, preservation, dissolution and recreation of the universe. Shiva’s called by many name like mahadeva, mahayogi, pashupati, nataraja, bhairava, vishwanath, bhole nath, kailashpati, rudra etc.
Mahiravana came in the guise of Vibeeshana and took Lord Ram and Lakshman to pathala loka. Hanuman followed him to pathala loka. Hanuman realized that to kill Mahiravana, Hanuman had to extinguish five lamps burning in five different directions at the same time. So Hnuman took the Panchamukha form with Hanuman, Hayagriva, Narasimha, Garuda and Varaha faces and extinguished the lamps and killed Mahiravana. Here Hanuman is in a meditative posture and in his 10 hands there are different sets of weapons. According to Hanumath Prakaranam in Sri Vidyarnavatantram, Anjaneya has five faces (Pancha Mukha) and ten weapons.
The wooden box is a fine display of attractive colour and vibrant lines portraying the Lord Buddha in his celestial form. Buddha’s gracefulness, exquisite carvings, finely decorated boundaries, the beautiful lotus and the birds behind Lord Buddha—all have been scripted in a most artistic manner to yield the object a novel characteristic. The Kumahat paints the box with natural crushed gemstones. Combination of colours has been quite splendid due to use of variegated natural gemstones.
The figure of Matya, an incarnation of Vishnu is nicely carved out of brass. Vishnu took up Matsyavatara, or the form of the fish during a deluge that submerged the earth. Vishnu commanded a rishi to gather together samples of all species and wait in a boat. The gigantic golden fish then dragged the boat through the deluge and then enabled Bhrama to start the act of creation all over again. Yet another legend has it that a demon once stole the four Vedas and hid them under the sea. Vishnu assumed the Matsya form and retrieved them and then restored them to their original fragrance.
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- Product Code :3943
- Material :Brass
- Size : 11.50"H x 10"W x 4.25"D
- Weight :7.750 kg.
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The beautiful Kalamkari painting depicts the Goddess of Learning and Wisdom in a most composed manner. Worshipped across the country by the students, Goddess Saraswati is an embodiment of learning and education and she is one of the most revered goddesses in Hinduism. Here the goddess is playing her veena and is seated on her vehicle, the swan. Colour patterns are used in a spectacular manner and the background is nicely treated with natural colours.
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- Product Code :319
- Material :Brass
- Size :3.50"Hx3.75W
- Weight :520 gm
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The beautiful image of Lord Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati, is given a detail treatment. Lord Ganesha is one of the most popular gods in Hinduism and he is worshipped at the beginning of any ritual. One of the most benevolent gods in Hinduism, Lord Ganesha’s statue figures in shops, office complexes, and stores as he is considered a wish-fulfilling god. Lord Ganesha is also considered a Remover of Obstacles and Lord of Wisdom.
The exquisite brass sculpture of Lord Shiva depicts the Lord with all the characteristic signs, however, with some aesthetic references to his appearance. For example, the pile of hair tuft on the top of his head has a woman’s head popping out and releasing a stream of water from his hair. The woman represents the holy river Ganges who is held in the tuft of his hair by the Lord Shiva for public welfare, as per Hindu mythology. The idol depicts the lord holding the trident in left hand and the damroo in his right hand, unlike most other idols. Lord Shiva is seated on a platform etched with lotus petals and draped with tiger’s skin.
The spectacular Kalamkari painting depicts an epochal moment in Hindu mythology with lot of grace and devotion. There is a long anecdote behind the Samudra Manthan. Indra, the king of the Devas, one day met the great sage Durvasa who in turn gave Indra a special garland. Indra put it on the trunk of the elephant. Irritated by the smell of the garland, the elephant threw the garland on the ground. The garland was a dwelling of Sri (fortune) and Indra’s action enraged the sage. He cursed that Indra and all devas will be deprived of all strength, energy, and fortune. As ill luck would have it, the Devas were beaten in many battles by the demons led by king Bali. Devas finally approached Lord Vishnu who asked them to form an alliance with the demons to jointly churn the ocean for the nectar of immortality. According to a deal, both the demons and the Devas will share the nectar of immortality. However, Lord Vishnu told the Devas that he would arrange that they alone obtain the nectar. The churning of the Ocean of Milk was an elaborate process. Mount Mandarachala was used as the churning rod, and Vasuki, the king of serpents, became the churning rope. The demons held the head of the snake, while devas agreed to hold its tail as per instructions from Lord Vishnu. As a result the demons were poisoned by fumes emitted by Vasuki. Despite this, the devas and demons pulled back and forth on the snake's body alternately, causing the mountain to rotate, which in turn churned the ocean. However, once the mountain was placed on the ocean, it began to sink. Vishnu in his second incarnation as Kurma, came to their rescue and supported the mountain on his back. During the Samudra Manthan by the gods and demons, one of the product emerged from the churning was a dangerous poison. This terrified the gods and demons because the poison was so toxic that it might have destroyed all of creation. The devas approached Shiva for help and protection. Out of compassion for living beings, Shiva swallowed the poison in an act of self-sacrifice. However, his consort Parvati who was looking on, terrified at the thought of his impending death, prevented the poison from descending into his body. Thus the poison was stuck in Shiva's throat with nowhere to go, and it was so potent that it changed the color of Shiva's neck to blue. For this reason, he is also called Nilakanta (the blue-throated one; "neela" = "blue", "kantha" = "throat" in Sanskrit). When the heat from the poison had become unbearable Shiva is supposed to have used his trishul to dig for water forming the Gosaikunda lake.
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- Product Code :3834
- Material :Cotton
- Size :80" x 47"