Next to the lady adorned with freshly plucked flowers in her hair, stands a young deer. The deer is the most gentle among animals. He suggests a child-like innocence, and is a symbol of a spot where no harm is possible to any innocent creature. A place where the deer roams about care-free with no apprehension of harm to his life is a holy sacrificial area according even to Manu (the progenitor of the human race). Here the deer is symbolic of the uncorrupted, innocent, virgin status of this maiden.
References:
Sivaramamurti C. Birds and Animals in Indian Sculpture: New Delhi, National Museum, 1974.
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