Reflections of India
Vishnu sitting on Garuda, liberates the elephant Gajendra from the crocodile, on the left the Jagannatha-Altar, Orissa
Vishnu sitting on Garuda, liberates the elephant Gajendra from the crocodile, on the left the Jagannatha-Altar, Orissa
Vishnu sitting on Garuda, liberates the elephant Gajendra from the crocodile, on the left the Jagannatha-Altar, OrissaArtwork and cultural context
Narrative made spatial
Painted figures and an altar form a colourful spatial narrative. The archive identifies Vishnu on Garuda, the elephant Gajendra and a crocodile, with a Jagannatha altar on the left. The photograph presents both the figures and the staging of a story within a devotional room.
Vishnu’s rescue of Gajendra is a narrative subject in Indian art, including examples documented in museum painting collections. That comparison helps explain how a religious story can move between a two-dimensional image and a sculptural group.
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