RYALI

This remarkable five-foot-tall-icon in standing posture with four arms strikes the on-lookers with its dazzling diamond decked diadem, over the well-shaped and beautifully embellished head, supported by broad chest, beautified with Kausthubham, Vanamala and sparkling jewels, enhancing the sturdy, shapely four arms, adorned with Keyura Kankanas holding mace; disc, counch and lotus, raising above the navel, decorated by the golden thread, fitted with little bells to heightening the beauty of the silk dhoti worn with decorum covering the lower limbs upto broad feet. And this entire captiving form is encircled by the figures of dasavathara, interspersed by grand images of Narada and Thumbura playing on instruments, beside the lovely figures of Rambha and Urvasi in dancing posture, under the dangling garlands, held by Kinnera Kinpurushas. The figure on rear is that of an engrossing beauty of Jaganmohini in standing posture with well-cut round head, beautified by the Parijata flower decked tresses, heightening her lovely frame with long slender hands, decorated by gem studded armlets, and that of feet decked with anklets and from there to neck draped in shimmering saree, yet exposing that part of the thigh bearing the auspicious mole found on the person of Padmini breed of women. This extraordinary sculptural marvel mesmerises the viewers and makes them oblivious of the environs for long. The artistry of the sculptor transcends powers of imaginative writers, besides making the connoisseurs of art drink in its beauty for hours.

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