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| Keywords: Samudramanthana, the Churning of the Ocean..jpg en Watercolour painting on paper of Samudramanthana the Churning of the Ocean This event took place during the second incarnation of Visnu as Kurma the tortoise The painting shows Visnu seated on the top of Mount Mandara here represented as a pole He holds a discus sword conch and lotus in his four hands and has a golden nimbus around his head The pole rests on the back of Kurma who swims on the surface of the ocean Around the pole is wrapped the snake Vasuki On one side the snake is pulled by the gods and on the other it is pulled by the Danava ™s On the shore of the ocean are the objects which have emerged during the churning which include Laksmi Varuni the conch the elephant mount of Brahma Airavata Surabhi the wish fulfilling cow and the vessel holding amrita which bestows immortality on the drinker A crescent moon is shown in the top left corner of the painting The painting is surrounded by a black border 19thC early http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 182834 partid 1 searchText mandara fromADBC ad toADBC ad numpages 10 images on orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database aspx currentPage 1 Company School PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Samudra manthan Halo religious iconography | ||||
