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Description: | "3" in pencil on back CULT unknown (North west) India South Asia Accession book unclear but E.219 attributed to Eck, has similar pencil number on back. Hanuman, the monkey god, symbolises selfless service and courage. He features prominently in several of the Hindu epics, especially the Ramayana, where he is given the task of rescuing Lord Rama's consort Sita. This statue shows him carrying a club, and the mountain Dronagiri, home of a magic herb, back to the dying Lakshman, who is thus saved. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | : WAW_HINDUGODS : HINDU : RELIGION : MONKEY : GOD : : ECK_COLLECTION : GEOLOGY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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