South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c8.s7.13

c8.s7.13

Figures of Vishnu, with four arms seated in a meditative posture, are probably those of Yōgēśvara-Vishnu, described by Hēmādri as seated on a lotus, with eyes half-closed and directed towards the tip of the nose. An image (fig. 37) from the ruined Vishnu temple at Hūvinahadagalli (Bellary district) illustrates this form. Another image, probably of this same form of Vishnu but seated on the serpent couch, comes from Kumbakōnam (fig. 38). Here the god is bathed by two goddesses with pots in their hands.