SomaSkandar
Shiva sits in the posture of lalitasana & is 4 armed holding in his upper hands an axe (parasu), a deer (mrga) while his lower right hand forms a gesture of reassurance(abhaya mudra) & the lower left forming the gesture of giving (ahuyavarada mudra).
Uma also sits in lalitasana on a double lotus throne holding the lotus in her RH& forming the gesture of giving (ahuyavarada mudra) with her LH.She is slightly turned towards the diminutive figure of their son Skanda who stands between them at the front edge of the plinth.
Skanda sitting cross legged also found ...early Chola period.
A rare Somaskandar sculpture, unusual the manner in which the pedestals fit into each other unlike the conventional single pedestal for the trio.
this at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore
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