A depiction of the goddess Chamunda is there on the southern wall of the antarala (vestibule or antechamber) of the Hazareshwar Temple. Chamunda, portrayed with twelve arms, stands upon a human body. Skeletal depiction with desiccated breasts and a sunken belly containing a scorpion. She wears a triangular loin cloth to cover her lower body. She has a jatamukuta (crown of matted hair) adorned with a skull at the front. Large earrings dangle from her elongated earlobes, and a snake wraps around her neck and ankles. In her right hand, she holds a trishula (trident), damaru (double-sided drum), arrow, a broken weapon with a staff, and a bell (ghanta). In her left hand, she carries a snake and a broken weapon with a staff. Her left frontal hand holds a bowl, while her right frontal hand touches it. At the bottom left, a human figure is depicted seated, drinking blood dripping from a severed head into a bowl.
Location:
Bhilwara
Date_accepted:
2024-06-01T13:53:03Z
Modified:
2024-06-01T15:43:27Z
Type:
Image
Creator:
Temples of India Project Team
Contributor:
Dr Nikita Rathore
Publisher:
Jio Institute
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
References:
Nagara Style of Architecture, 11th to 13th century CE, Mandakini Kund, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Temple, Bijolia Group of Temples, Bhilwara, Early Medieval, Undeshwar Temple, Hazareshwar Temple, Mahakal Temple, Rajasthan, and Architecture