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Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Plant and Animal Designs in the Mural Decoration of an Uriya Village. A Working Model of the Origin of the Ganges in a Temple in Ganjam

1924

Although mostly in white chalk the design is enlivened by touches of bright red on the stalks of the flowers the bodies of the ducks and the triangles of the upper line of the frame. [...] I—Plan of the Model of the Origin of the Ganges in the Vishnuvite Nirmal Johor Temple (" the Temple of Clear Springs ") near Kallikote in the Ganjain District of Madras. [...] The semicircular mass represents Sumeru (Mount Meru) and the three jets the Ganges (to the left) the Jamna (in the middle) and the Saraswati (to the right) the water in the cistern representing that of the sacred Lake Manasarowar whence the Ganges is supposed to take its origin. [...] It is well known in the Rärndyand and in the Puranas that Mdnasasarovara is the source of the Saraya a tributary to the Ganges and not of the Ganges herselPerhaps the Vindusara and the Manasa have been either identified or confused. [...] The general plan of the ornament the lines of the design and the mouldings of the architecture are of the same character as the mediaeval examples referred to above but the actual technique and modelling is slightly inferior.
anthropology archaeology
Pages
34
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100203
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii N. Annandale view
Plant and Animai Designs in the Mural Decoration of an Uriya Village
i-viii N. Annandale view
A Working Model of the Origin of the Ganges in A Temple in Ganjam
250-v N. Annandale view
Backmatter
i-ii N. Annandale view

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