VETTUVANKOIL FROM SOUTH INDIA

THE  TRADITIONAL INDIAN ARTS : 

Vettuvankoil, from South India

The four - armed image of Siva Vyakhyana Daksinamurti, Sum total knowledge and its expounder, places his left foot on the infant - shaped demon of Forgetfulness ( apasmara purusa ) who cluthes a serpent. The iconographic theme is integrated in the 'architectural' conception of the monument.

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