Friday, 19 October 2018

shAstR^i utsavamUrti

A shAstR^i utsavamUrti from a chera temple I have not been able id. Seems relatively recent but illustrates him with his single wife madanA and son satyaka: a rare iconography



The depiction with Madana is indeed a interesting since he is otherwise shown with Purna & Pushkala 


Kshetra                    Rupa

Kulattupuzha          Child (Bala Shasta)

Aryankavu                Brahmachari

Achankovil               Gruhasta (P&P)

Ponnambalamedu  Jivanmukta


pUrNa and puShkalA are also termed madanA and varNanI: the dyad is indeed most common. as a monad the shakti is typically termed madanA or prabhA
Another exemplar of the monad shakti can be seen on this elephant mounted shAstR^i known locally karichAttan 


An ancient shAstR^i from near Tirupur known as the chAttan kallu. 

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