Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c32.42

v4.c32.42

The last illustration, Pl. CXLIX, is the reproduction of the photograph of the figure of Brahmā found in the north niche of the central shrine of the Śiva temple at Tiruvadi. In its back right hand, is the *akshamālā*; the front right one seems to have been held in the *abhaya* pose; the back left hand and the front left one are carrying the *kamaṇḍalu* and a book respectively. It is one of the finest pieces of sculpture of Southern India.