National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities

Allahabad Museum, Allahabad

Identification
Name of the Museum /Institution संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम	Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या	NM-ALH-UP-112643
Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम	Temple gateway
Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म	Sculpture - प्रतिमा
Dynasty /वंश	N.A - उपलब्ध नहीं
Period / तारीख/युग
Style / शैली
Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र	Kausambi Allahabad District
Material / सामग्री	Sandstone - बलुआ पत्थर
Sub Material / उप.सामग्री
Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है।	Modeling
State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र	Uttar Pradesh
Measurement/Weight माप/वजन
Length(cm) / लंबाई
Width(cm) / चौड़ाई
Height(cm) / ऊंचाई
Weight(gm) / भार
Diameter(cm) /व्यास
Thickness(cm)/मोटाई
Depth(cm) /गहराई	Total heigh 274.5 cm length 201 cm 284 X 240 cm
Description / विवरण
Description / विवरण	The surround, at present, consists of a sill udumbara , jambs pedya made up of several moldings sakhas with River Goddess groups at the base, which are Saivite in character, and an architrave more surely from a Surya shrine. The udumbara has two crouching lions at the sides, the heads facing to the front and one paw raised to the chest. The central projection mandaraka is in the shape of a lotus flower with intricately carved stalk and a nodule in the form of an incipient kirttimukha. On either side of the mandaraka are pairs of Udadhikumaras holding pots in their hands, each riding a makara with a foliated tail. The base of the left jamb shows the River goddess Yamuna Pl. CXXXV in tribhanga pose standing right next to the doorway opening. She carries a large lotus bud and leans on a headless female attendant behind whom can be seen a partially hidden female parasol bearer. The parasol itself bears a petal design and is shaped like a flower. Below the parasol bearer is a small figure now almost completely destroyed. Next we see the heavy and fierce figure of Nandisvara with four hands and a dagger tucked into the girdle. The lower hands are held at the chest, and the upper hands carry a damaru and a staff to the right of Nandisvara is a small female attendant. The entire group stands on a slab placed above a turtle and a makara with floriated tail. Above Nandisvara are two bharaputrakas carrying a slab on which is carved a scene depicting the worship of the Siva Linga. The base of the right door jamb has a similar group. First the river Ganga carrying a large lotus bud with a female attendant on whom she rests her hand and a male parasol bearer. Next to these, is a damaged dwarflike figure followed by the four-armed Mahakala in one of whose hands is a trident. He is accompanied by a male attendant, now headless. The group stands on a pedestal placed above two makaras with floriated tails. Above are bharaputraka figures carrying a slab on which are figures listening to a discourse. The River goddess groups are surmounted by moldings of the jamb. These consist of a pilaster stambhasakha with ghata-pallava base, the shaft clasped by a kirttimukha band below the capital. A long pendant chain terminating in a tasseled ornament issues from the mouth of the kirttimukha. Above the overflowing pot capital, in the architrave proper, are kumarikas flanked by vyalas, the maiden to the left shown in the act of tying her dhoti and the one to the right adjusting her hair ornament in a mirror. The outermost ovolo moldings bahyasakha show floral scrolls issuing from the navels of seated Yaksas and also extend into the architrave of the door frame. The bands or rupasakhas on the inner side of the stambhasakhas contain mithuna figures in niches. These are topped in the architrave by two- armed guardian figures carrying tridents between whom are flying Vidyadhara couples holding garlands. The nagasakha molding follows next and is formed by the tails of the two Nagas who hover just above the heads of the river goddesses, hands folded in adoration. The innermost band is quite narrow and filled with a floral scroll motif that travels around the door frame. The architrave is interrupted in the center by an image of Surya seated in his chariot of seven horses. He is accompanied by his consorts Rajni and Niksubha, and by Aruna, his charioteer. The uppermost sections of the architrave contain a band filled with interlaced garlands and a row of dentils decorated with small crouching vyala protomes.
Identification Marks / पहचान चिन्ह
Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र
Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था
Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण
Source
From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान

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