Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c26.75

v4.c26.75

Fig. 2 on the same plate is the photograph of the image of Kumāra belonging to the Śiva temple at Tiruppālatturai. The image has four arms; in the right hand at the back there is the śakti and in the back left hand the vajra; the front right and the left hands are kept in the abhaya and the varada poses respectively. A śaktyāyudha rests upon the right front arm.