Gods
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Virapanna, governor of Penukonda, worships Virabhadra.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Natyamandapa, ceiling panel on a beam supporting the corbelled roof (S)
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Virapanna, governor of Penukonda, worships Virabhadra.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Natyamandapa, ceiling panel on a beam supporting the corbelled roof (S)
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva: Lingodbhavamurti (?). Instead of the shaft of the linga opening to reveal the figure of Shiva, the god is here depicted emerging out of its top. To the right of Shiva is a rishi with elaborately piled dreadlocks welcoming a figure accompanied by a diminutive male courtly figure wearing a conical cap. Another rishi is shown worshipping Shiva, together with a young attendant. Four rishis stand in respectful attitude on the deity’s left.The one nearest to the linga seems to be walking away.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, northern bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva; Shiva kills the asura Andhaka. Flanked by five rishis on one side and six on the other, Shiva tramples on Andhaka, while transfixing him with the trident. Dakshinamurti (Shiva as supreme teacher); Flanked by eight sages, five on the left, and three on the right, Shiva sits under the trees atop Mount Kailasa, depicted here as a pile of rocks. The face of the Ganga is visible among Shiva’s dreadlocks, while the crescent moon rests on the side of his head.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva; Shiva kills the asura Andhaka; Flanked by rishis, Shiva tramples on Andhaka, while transfixing the demon with the trident.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva; Dakshinamurti (Shiva as the supreme teacher). Flanked by eight sages, five on the left, and three on the right, Shiva sits under the trees atop Mount Kailasa, depicted here as a pile of rocks. The face of the Ganga is visible among Shiva’s dreadlocks, while the crescent moon rests on the side of his head. The sage Narada is prominently shown on the right of the god.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva; Chandeshanugrahamurti; Shiva, shown in three-quarter profile, faces a devotee generally identified with Chandesha. Near the deity is a diminutive gana blowing a long trumpet. Shiva holds in the lower right hand the axe that he bestows on Chandesha.
Bhikashatanamurti; Accompanied by a gana carrying a large container on his head, and a leaping deer, Shiva walks through the Daruka forest, suggested by two trees. In the lower left hand Shiva holds a capacious bowl, in which one of the two richly attired rishipatnis, on the right, pours a ladle of rice. The end piece of her white sari is shown slipping from her shoulder to reveal her breast and abdomen. Two rishis witness the scene.
Hariharamurti. This composite figure stands straight, framed by two trees. The right half of the body. i. e.Shiva, is fair complexioned, with a crown of dreadlocks. The left half of the body, which is dark-complexioned, is Vishnu.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva; Shiva, shown in three-quarter profile, faces a devotee generally identified with Chandesha. Near the deity is a diminutive gana blowing a long trumpet. Shiva holds in the lower right hand the axe that he bestows on Chandesha.
Bhikashatanamurti; Accompanied by a gana carrying a large container on his head, and a leaping deer, Shiva walks through the Daruka forest, suggested by two trees. In the lower left hand Shiva holds a capacious bowl, in which one of the two richly attired rishipatnis, on the right, pours a ladle of rice. The end piece of her white sari is shown slipping from her shoulder to reveal her breast and abdomen. Two rishis witness the scene.
Hariharamurti; This composite figure stands straight, framed by two trees. The right half of the body, i.e.Shiva, is fair complexioned, with a crown of dreadlocks. The left half of the body, which is dark-complexioned, is Vishnu.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva; Bhikashatanamurti; Accompanied by a gana carrying a large container on his head, and a leaping deer, Shiva walks through the Daruka forest, suggested by two trees. In the lower left hand Shiva holds a capacious bowl, in which one of the two richly attired rishipatnis, on the right, pours a ladle of rice. The end piece of her white sari is shown slipping from her shoulder to reveal her breast and abdomen. Two rishis witness the scene.
Hariharamurti; This composite figure stands straight framed by two trees. The right half of the body, i.e. Shiva, is fair complexioned, with a crown of dreadlocks. The left half of the body, which is dark-complexioned, is Vishnu.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva; Chandrashekharamurti (?); This damaged depiction does not conform to the usual iconography of Shiva in this form. Here the deity turns the head towards a devotee standing on his right.
Ardhanarishvara; This figure is formally identical to the Harihara image. Here, the right side of the icon is Shiva, and the left side Parvati. Both these aspects of Shiva are flanked by sages and devotees.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva; Chandrashekharamurti; This damaged depiction does not conform to the usual iconography of Shiva in this form. Here the deity turns the head towards a devotee standing on his right.
Ardhanarishvara;This figure is formally identical to the Harihara image. Here, the right side of the icon is Shiva, and the left side Parvati. Both these aspects of Shiva are flanked by sages and devotees.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Aspects of Shiva: Tripurantakamurti; Tremendous tension is suggested by this depiction, with Shiva shown with his legs wide apart and his right arm extended. He carries the bow, whose string is the serpent Vasuki. His five hoods are clearly visible at its top, and the tail twisted into a knot at its bottom. The powerful arrow which has just being shot by Shiva is none other but Vishnu, as suggested by the face (badly rubbed) shown at its tip on the extreme left. Hanging upside down in mid-air are the three fortresses of the asuras that have been transfixed by Shiva’s arrow. Each fortress is defended by an asura armed with a sword and shield. Brahma is Shiva’s charioteer. The chariot’s front wheel is Chandra, the moon, the back wheel, Surya the sun; it is drawn by two horses. Behind the chariot are two rishis. Clearly recognizable on the right is Narada with the vina resting on his shoulder.
Gangadharamurti; Shiva touches Parvati’s crown with the lower right arm, and gently lifts her chin with the lower left arm. Parvati stands to the right of Shiva, and turns her head away from him so as to look at her two companions. Ganga, who descends from one of Shiva’s dreadlocks is depicted as a huge waterfall, filled with aquatic life. Six male figures, probably Bhagiratha and other rishis, stand to the right.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Colonnaded verandah, north bay
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