Tara
Khadiravani Tara, seated on a double lotus seat (mahambujapitha) and accompanied by Asokakanta and Ekajata seated in lalitasana on a separate lotus. The main figure has her hair dressed in a low chignon on the right and is clad with uttriya, loin cloth, along with full and delicate jewellery. The back of the slab has a trefoil niche cut in a three-storied sikhara and is supported by baluster pilasters and leogryphys. Female attendants with chauri and offerings are flying on clouds in the upper right and left corners.
Object information could be updated as new research findings emerge.
DIMENSIONS/ SIZE
150 x 80 x 35 cm
GALLERY
Gallery A
REGION
Cuttack, Odisha
ACCESSION NO. / MUSEUM ID NO.
Arch 3745
TIME PERIOD
8th Century CE
MATERIAL
Khondalite (Red Sandstone )
