Vishnu and Lakhshmi Seated on Garuda Pahari, perhaps Kangra, circa 1830. gouache and gold on paper, blue and red borders. 246 x 196 mm. (via Bonhams)
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Vishnu and Lakhshmi Seated on Garuda Pahari, perhaps Kangra, circa 1830. gouache and gold on paper, blue and red borders. 246 x 196 mm. (via Bonhams)
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Lakshminarayana or Vaasudeva-Kamalaja, Rajasthan
☀ SHRI LAKSHMI DEVI ॐ ☀
Wedding of Venkateshwara (Vishnu) and Padmavathi (Lakshmi)
Gajendra Moksha 18th century. Bundi, India.
Kapoor Galleries wrote : In Hinduism, the attainment of moksha, or liberation from samsara––the cycle of death and rebirth––is the ultimate achievement. The question of how to achieve this status has been tackled by countless Hindu poets, revealing many different paths. One of these such paths is to live a life of devotion, or bhaki, as wonderfully illustrated in the present painting.
This image depicts the story from the Bhagvata Purana in which Vishnu rescues the elephant Gajendra from the jaws of a crocodile makara. In a past life, Gajendra was a Pandyan prince and ardent devotee to the god Vishnu. So fixated on his devotion, Gajendra ignored a visiting sage, angering the sage and earning his wrath.
In retaliation, the visiting sage cursed Gajendra to be reborn as a dim-witted elephant in his next life. Despite losing all his memories, the elephant Gajendra retained his devotion to Vishnu, and one day, when attacked by a makara, the elephant prayed to Vishnu for release.
As seen in the present painting, Vishnu comes to Gajendra’s rescue on his devine vehicle, Garuda, spinning a chakra with which he uses to sever the makaras head. In reward for his devotion, Vishnu then offers Gajendra moksha. In discussion of this story, Topsfield notes, ‘Gajendramoksha became a popular theme of Vaishnava devotee literature, the elephant’s plight symbolizing the inexorable entrapment of the human soul by worldly illusion, from which the invocation of Vishnu brings release.
(via Instagram: Kapoor Galleries Inc.)
Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda
Vishnu Sleeping on Sheshnag, Budhanilkantha Nepal The statue stands 5 meters tall (around 16.4 feet) and is positioned in the middle of a recessed pool of water, which is 13 meters (42.65 feet) long. The largest stone carving in Nepal.
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Dash Avtaar of lord Vishnu
Vishnu Brahma World Tree – Gita 15.1 The Upside Down Banyan Tree Hindu Print Kalyan (Hindi magazine) Gita Press, Gorakhpur. (via ebay: vintageindia)
The brightly painted faced of Sri Thiruvengadam Temple, dedicated to Vishnu - photography: Felix Odell CNTraveler March 2016
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The Trimurti of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer. 1900s.
Vishnu’s Great Vision of Shiva ca. 1810/1820 C.E. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
~ Seated Vishnu Depicted as King of Boon Bestowers (Varadaraja).
Date: A.D. 14th century
Place of origin: India, Tamil Nadu
Medium: Lost-wax cast copper alloy.