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  1. Dancing Ganesha

    10th cent. Red Stone statue from the Kalachuri Dynasty of #MadhyaPradesh shows Him holding His Broken Tusk with which He writes #Ramayana

    #Hindu God Lord #Ganesha is worshipped in #India & South-east Asia as a remover of Obstacles (#TrumpTariffs ?) & for grant of Wealth & Success

    #GaneshChaturthi

    Now at #TheMet (Metropolitan #Museum of #Art)

    #IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #History #Heritage #AncientIndia #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt

  2. c11th century Volcanic Stone sculpture of #Hindu God #Ganesha from #Java #Indonesia now on display at the "Ancient #India: Living Traditions" ongoing exhibition (22nd May-19th October 2025) at British #Museum London
    Supported by Reliance Foundation and Reliance Industries Limited

    #TheGoldenRoad

    #IndianHeritage #artoftheday #Museums #IndianHistory #Art #HinduismAbroad #India #Religion #Hinduism #History #Heritage #Histodons #MastoArt #AncientIndia #India

  3. Tale of two domes!

    On #WorldHeritageDay today

    The ruins of the #JamaMasjid at #FerozShahKotla

    The 'Kotla' or Fortress was built by Feroz #Tughlak in 1354 as his version of #Delhi called Firozabad

    The inscription on the 3rd century BC Ashokan Pillar installed here (not in photo) was translated by James Prinsep in 1834

    The modern dome in the background is the Indira Gandhi Stadium built for Asian Games 1982

    #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #AncientIndia #DelhiSultanate #Photography #Histodons

  4. This c150-200 AD #Kushan period 'Monolithic Corner Railing' from a #Hindu Temple from #Mathura #UttarPradesh now at Cleveland #Museum of #Art, USA shows a #Nayika Squeezing Water from her Hair after her Bath.

    An outstanding piece of workmanship in this #AncientIndian #KushanEmpire sculpture.

    #India #IndianHeritage #AncientIndia #IndianHistory #History #Heritage #IndianCulture #Religion #Hinduism

    #GoodMorning @pvonhellermannn @anirvan @CiaraNi @AceArsenault @ncoca @Loukas @evan and everyone.

  5. A handsomely carved 3rd century AD grey schist of Avalokiteshvara #Bodhisattva identified by the seated #Buddha Amitabha in his turban headdress from the #AncientIndian region of #Gandhara now in #Afghanistan #Pakistan is coming up for auction by Bonhams #Paris on 12th June 2023, estimate €100,000-150,000.

    #India #AncientIndia #IndianHertitage #IndianReligion #IndianHistory #Religion #Buddhist #Heritage #Art #History #Buddhism #IndianCulture #IndianReligions

  6. Bhumi or #BhuDevi is a #Hindu Goddess who is worshipped as the Personification of the Mother Earth.
    She is one of the two wives of God #Vishnu

    This c900 AD #AncientIndian #CholaDynasty #CholaEmpire bronze statue of Her's holding a #Lotus in Her left hand from Pudukkottai in #TamilNadu #India & now at Cleveland #Museum of #Art USA.

    This #Toot is shared on #EarthDay (22nd April). #Earth

    #AncientIndia #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Museums #Sculpture #Religion #Hinduism #History #Heritage

  7. An Extremely Rare 3rd century Schist of #Buddha (Probably Buddha-to-be, not Maitreya whose Advent we Look Forward to in the Current Era) from the Ancient #Gandhara Region of #Afghanistan #Pakistan now at British Museum #London.

    This #Bodhisatva with an Unusual Ornate Halo of Sun-Rays Resembling Javelins is Relatively an Unknown Subject in #AncientIndian #Art

    #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Religion #Buddhism #Buddhist #India #Heritage #History #Religions #AncientIndia