Figure of Apasmara (Figure of Apasmára)

Śiva in the 'anandatandava' position as Lord of Dance (Śiva Natarāja), with Ganga flowing through his hair and Apasmara, the dwarfish demon of ignorance, under his right foot. The god is shown at the end of one cycle and the beginning of another. The arch is broken above the proper left shoulder of the figure.

Kind

artefact

Date

1100 CE