PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
A uncommon sculpture of ‘Nagabhairava,’ presumptively relationship again to the 14th or fifteenth century, has been discovered at Kairla, Nandalike in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. The sculpture was discovered throughout an archaeological exploration by a crew led by T Murugeshi, affiliate professor on the division of historical historical past and archaeology at MSRS school at Shirva in Udupi.
Naga sculptures are generally present in areas in coastal Karnataka. However, the affiliation with the Bhairava cult is attention-grabbing, Murugeshi mentioned in a press launch right here Wednesday. Kairla in Nandalike village was an ideal centre of Mahakali worship, he mentioned. “The sculpture is a curious one by its iconography as properly. It’s discovered on a inexperienced schist stone, rectangular in form with a conical form on the highest. On the backside of the stone, a single hooded serpent in 4 knots or quarter mandala is proven on the hood and Bhairava is depict in standing posture with 4 palms,” the discharge mentioned. Bhairava holds two serpents in his rear palms and a Nagadanda in his entrance proper hand and human head in left hand. On the highest, two knots of serpent and two Nagakannikas’ are proven standing with holding serpents every. A 5 hooded serpent umbrella is proven over the Nagabhairava’s, head, Murugeshi mentioned.
Your entire picture is within the fashion of people custom in look and it has an in depth resemblance with that of a Bhairava sculpture present in Ninnikal close to Nandikuru within the district, which was a capital seat of Ballala kings of Kuthyar and the sculpture belongs to the 14th or the fifteenth century, he mentioned. The Bhairava cult was carefully related to the Jain Goddess Padmavati, who was additionally a serpent goddess. At Humcha, which is a well-known Jain pilgrimage centre close to Tirthahalli, Bhairava is a Khsetrapala God, he mentioned within the launch.