| Specifications |
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ZER072 |
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Bronze Statue |
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Height: 26 inch |
| Width: 16.5 inch | |
| Depth: 8.5 inch | |
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Weight 25.35 kg |
| Delivery and Return Policies |
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Ships in 1-3 days |
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Returns and Exchanges accepted within 7 days |
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Free Delivery |
Goddess
Ganga, the most popular and revered river goddess in Hinduism is depicted by
the artists of Swamimalai as a young and gorgeous woman of the woods in this
intricately carved bronze. Maa Ganga relieves the soul of its sins and ensures
that one reaches the adobe of the Gods. As a celestial stream, her waters are
considered divinely purifying, so much so that her mere presence on Hindu
temple entrances ensured that the physical and mental aspects of the devotee
were purified. While being carved on the doorways, Ganga was accompanied by her
dwarfish attendants and another river goddess the Yamuna, who stood opposite to
her.
Surrounded
by the arch of the mythical Kalpvriksha (wish-fulfilling tree), which is
depicted as the home of several life forms, receiving life-sustaining essence
from the proximity of Ganga, the mother goddess wears her hair in a high bun,
with a Naga’s hood rising from it. Nagas, the residents of the underworld are
closely associated with the water element and share the ability to bestow boons
of fecundity with rivers, mother-goddesses, yakshas, and other semi-divine
beings. As a part of Ganga’s ornamentation (as her Bajuband or armband on the
right arm), they highlight her role as the prime mover of life and nurturer of
lands. Ganga’s large hoop earrings reach her lean shoulders, her ethnic jewellery
adorns her flawless physique, and her short dhoti effortlessly brings out the
beauty of her slender legs. The fertility element intrinsic in the iconography
of mother-goddesses is underlined in this Ganga murti through the freshly
picked lotuses in her hands, with their stems pleasingly coiling around her
hands and her round breasts emphasized by a breast-band. On her left stands an
attendant, small in size, looking up to the mother-goddess with devotion. Ganga
stands on a Makara, an amalgamation of an elephant, a crocodile, and other
animals. The composite animal represents the variety of life forms supported by
the divine mother Ganga and her waters, who surrounded by some of them, stands
majestically on the Makara.
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