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 [Click here]( to view in browser.   [Logo](  [Temple Wood Carvings]( In Awe of the Beautiful Goddess Kali (Wood Carving) The sculpture is no doubt spiritually charged, but the artist's vision of Goddess Kali is as much aesthetic. The lofty crown in silver provides a pleasing contrast to her dark complexion. Her long face, sharp features, proportionate figure, amicably branched arms, fine fingers, slim elegant figure, widely open blood-shot eyes, befitting ornamentation and serenity show that the artist has skillfully packed in a single composition both elements - awe and beauty. A Remarkable and Soothing Balance (Wood Carving of Lord Hanuman) This charming wood carving shows Lord Hanuman with a sindoori-colored face. This color is popular with his devotees who smear him with a rich red-vermilion (sindoor) paste while worshipping him. He has a gentle, adorable expression on his face, as if saying to his devotees, ‘Do not worry, I am here to protect you’. A Strange Parallelism and Pleasant Geometry (Temple Wood Carving of Radha Krishna) This huge, magnificently carved wood-statue shows the figures of Radha and Krishna rhythmically poised. As entwining along the melody emitting from his flute the two figures seem to surge like waves, creating with their rise and fall highly delightful forms. Completely absorbed Krishna could not know when his left leg turned to right. A strange parallelism, perfectly aligning to Krishna’s body-posture Radha’s right leg has moved to left…. Vira Ganapati (Wood Carving of the Valiant Form of Lord Ganesha) In plasticity, precision, minuteness of details, in designing the massive mandala of arms around him and in creating the desired effect, especially the majestic bearing, the artefact is simply unparalleled. With sixteen arms stretched on both sides, each holding a different implement, the image acquires a circular form and is thus suggestive of cosmic dimensions which Lord Ganesha pervades. Venkateshvara or Balaji with Exceptionally Carved Prabhavali The most noteworthy feature of the composition is the arch or Prabhavali, superbly worked over with parrots, Yalis, elephants, makaras and densely packed with flowering and vegtative motifs. The sculptor has carved on the two sides of the base the ten avatars of Bhagawan Vishnu. At the centre can be seen the figure of Sheshashayi Vishnu with Goddess Lakshmi at his feet and Lord Brahma emerging from his navel. Sculpted by both Yoga and Tapas The artist here has fully exploited the potential of the colour blue to represent the immaterial and the vastness of space. Indeed it has been said that the colour blue ‘has no dimensions, it is beyond dimensions.’ The artist has preferred a skyish blue to represent here Shiva’s infinite nature. In 'tripurantaka' dance form Shiva is known to have lifted one leg, nearly parallel to his body, reaching up to his forehead. It is indeed a marvellous body sculpted by both yoga and tapas. Shiva's body is extremely fluid, but the strictly structured set of movements point to an effortless grace on his part. 78" Super Large Ten Armed Standing Panchamukhi Lord Ganesha | Wood Carved Statue This five-faced image, four on the obverse: one in the centre, two flanking on sides and one, on the top above the centre, and the fifth, on the reverse, a tough form to manage in a wood-piece, represents the five-faced and ten armed Heramba Ganapati, the guardian of all ten directions and the commander of five cosmic elements: water, fire, air, earth and ether, which under Indian cosmological tradition constitute the cosmos. Interestingly, the obverse has the appearance of Lord Ganesha’s four-faced form, and the reverse of three-faced.   Exotic India Art 2573 Hamline Ave N Suite A, Roseville, MN 55113 USA  [icon-facebook]( [icon-twitter](  Sent to {EMAIL} | [Unsubscribe]( at any time. All rights reserved. Copyright 2024 © Exotic India