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An ornate murti of the tribhanga murari. This roopa (form) of Lord Krishna is the most inimitable, in addition to being the subject of popular devotional imagination. The word ‘tribhanga’ is a portmanteau of ‘tri’, which means three, and ‘bhanga’, which means bent. It refers to the stance of the standing deity, whose body juts out at three different junctures namely the shoulders, the hips, and the ankles. The word ‘murari’ means one who plays the flute, which is indispensable to the personality and iconography of Krishna.
On a round lotus bloom stands the Lord. His feet are resting on its pistil, while the petals are turned floorwards. Superb petal engravings are to be found around the body of the plinth, a feature that is ubiquitous to Indian Hindu and Buddhist iconography. The Lord wears a richly embroidered dhoti and bears the finest adornments, which together accentuate the graceful curves of His form. He is encased in a network of luxuriant vine that begins on either side of His crown and grazes His feet all the way down to the plinth. A small peacock with stunning plumage is sitting on His left shoulder, its head turned in the same direction as His gaze.
A life-sized lotus bloom emerges from the zenith of Lord Krishna’s crown. A slender-stemmed kadamba tree, symbolic of His romantic leela (earthly conduct), stands behind Him. Its spaced-out canopy rises higher than the crown.
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