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Beautiful Bronze Krishna Statue Playing the Flute 42.5"
Item# 51b14
Beautiful Bronze Krishna Statue Playing the Flute 42.5"
Item# 51b14
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Statue Details
Materials: Lost Wax Method South Indian Bronze
Total Height Including Base: 42.5 inches
Base Width & Depth: 17 x 14 inches
Weight: 96 pounds
Krishna is covered in finely carved jewelry and clothes. Look at the beautiful work done on Krishna's rings and necklaces. Krishna's beautiful head dress has a peacock feather in it. Peacocks are inauspicious symbols. Krishna by wearing peacock feathers is almost testing fate! Krishna is famous for playing the flute. His flute playing would beguile the cow herder's daughters whom were all in love with Krishna. Krishna is a hero and central figure of Bhagavad-Gita. He loved life and lived his time on this earth to the fullest. The flute he plays is decorated with a yali head on the end of it. A yali is a mythical beast that is a cross between a lion, an elephant and an alligator.
The base has 4hoops that are used by the faithful in India to put two poles through the hoops of the Krishna sculpture and carry it around in procession before it is placed into the inner sanctum of the temple. Hindus believe that the actual god lies within all statues of the deity. Only by physically seeing the god "darshan" is a Hindu able to experience the god. Therefore the gods are often carried around the temple for all people to see and experience in the presence of the god.
The base has 4hoops that are used by the faithful in India to put two poles through the hoops of the Krishna sculpture and carry it around in procession before it is placed into the inner sanctum of the temple. Hindus believe that the actual god lies within all statues of the deity. Only by physically seeing the god "darshan" is a Hindu able to experience the god. Therefore the gods are often carried around the temple for all people to see and experience in the presence of the god.
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The sculpture chooses you, you do not choose the sculpture.
You just know when you find the right piece to bring into your home and into your heart. - Kyle Tortora, Founder of Lotus Sculpture
You just know when you find the right piece to bring into your home and into your heart. - Kyle Tortora, Founder of Lotus Sculpture
One of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities, is Krishna worshipped as the eighth incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu. Krishna became the focus of a large number of devotional cults, which over the centuries have produced a wealth of religious poetry, music, painting and sculpture.
The child Krishna was adored for his mischievous pranks; he also performed many miracles and slew demons. As a youth, the cowherd Krishna became renown as a lover, the sound of his flute prompting gopis (wives and daughters of the cowherds) to leave their homes to dance ecstatically with him in the forests. His favorite among them was the beautiful Radha. Krishna's youthful dalliances with the gopis are interpreted as symbolic of the loving interplay between God and the human soul. Krishna affirms life in his pranks, music and lovemaking.
The rich variety of legends associated with Krishna's life led to an abundance of representation in painting and sculpture. The most reknown story surrounding Krishna is the Bahgavad Gita or Gita which is considered one of the most importatnt Hindu texts. The Gita is the conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. Krishna is explaining to Arjuna that it is Arjuna's moral obligation to fight in a war that will put him against some members of his family. Krishna like Vishnu is an upholder of the moral order of the universe.
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