Anonymous

Central India, Northern Madya Pradesh

Three Male Shaivite Attendants with Nandi

10th Century

Red sandstone

Gift of William C. Luban

1972.47

This fragment is from the lower left portion of a stele from the facade of a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Shiva is identified by the depiction of his faithful mount, the bull Nandi, and by the staff topped with a skull held by the central attendant. The attendants wear their hair in the elaborately matted crowns that, despite regal jewelry, mark them as mendicants or yogis.

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