Indian Museum occasionally wakes from its slumber and throw crumbs from its enormous holdings to general public. Ruby and I earlier attended an exhibition on 'Shakti' . The lectures delivered on the INAUGRAL DAY were not interesting and curtain-fall that after-noon was too quick as another event was to follow - but, some of the collected statues were exquisite. We carried no camera - therefore, have nothing to show. This time, we took a few photos with the aid of our mobile phone's camera, not particularly good, but adequate for making documentation.
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In this exhibition, we found a collection of terracotta figures, plaques, pottery, toys from many corners of undivided India, e.g., Harappa, Rajshahi , Mahashanagarh, Chandraketugarh, Maymansingha etc., starting from 2nd century BC to 16th century AD.
Ananta-sayane Vishnu. A little too cramped up.
Vishnu's figure slumping - he looks lost in 'yoganidra' !
Torso of Mahisasura Mardini.
Lajja Gauri - 1800 years old figurine.
Maya dreaming !
It was our mistake not to carry a pocket note-book and a pen. Had I planned this blog ahead of the visit to Indian museum, I would have noted down the dates and archeological sites of the finds. The statue of the 'Doorkeeper' I liked very much - I end this blog with a photo of close-up of his face & upper torso.
