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# Varaha and Bhumi

Varaha, with boar's head and human body representing the third Avatara of Vishnu, seated on an oval lotus-base pedestal with Bhu Devi (Earth Goddess) on his left knee. He is four armed; the upper right holding the wheel (cakra), poised between the first two fingers;

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1200–1299 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-6-1924](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-6-1924) · Pramāṇa
