Ananthashayanam

Detail Photos

Green-skinned two-armed Vishnu; wearing anklets, necklaces, armlets, bangles, rings, earrings, and crown, among many others. He is also wearing a floral garland that extends to his toes; His left hand is holding a lotus; right hand worshipping white shiva linga; He is sleeping atop Ananda over the Palalazhi Ocean; The ocean is depicted in blue shade with different aquatic animals like fishes, crocodiles, and so on; There are also lotus flowers rising up from the ocean; Vishnu is wearing a yellow-colored dhoti; The top part of the dhoti is made up of red and green bands; His crown is jewel-studded; A lotus emerges from his nabhi or navel; There are ten full-blown lotuses arising from the ocean; Each of the ten avatars of Vishnu is seated on each of the ten lotuses, from left to right: Matsya, Koorma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Balarama, Krishna, and Kalki; All in their characteristic colors and iconographic features; There is Matsya with a fish's tail. He has four arms, two of which is folded together in Anjali mudra. Two others are holding the conch shell and Sudarshana chakra; Koorma has a tortoise shell at the bottom of his body. He also has four arms, two of which is holding the conch and chakra, and his other two arms are folded in Anjali mudra; After him there is Varaha. Varaha has a boar's face, characteristic of the avatara. He also has four arms, two of which have the conch and chakra, and two holding its palms together in Anjali mudra; White-skinned Narasimha with four arms, two of which is hanging freely, two of which is holding the conch and chakra respectively; Vamana, a golden-skinned boy with the purnool across his body; There is Parashurama, holding an axe and a bow in either of his hands. He is green-skinned; Green-skinned Sri Rama with a bow in his hand and an arrow in the other; White-skinned Balarama with a plough in one of his hands, and the other hand resting on his hip; green-skinned Krishna with both his hands filled with butter; Kalki with the sword and the other hand resting on his hips; Anantha has five visible hoods; Vishnu's head is resting on Sri Devi or Lakshmi's lap. Lakshmi is yellow-skinned and decked in jewelry. She has a yellow lower cloth or dhoti; Vishnu's feet rests on top of Bhudevi's lap. She is green-skinned and decked with jewelry and has long flowing hair, decked with flower garlands; There is a lotus growing out of Vishnu's navel. Upon the blooming lotus sits golden-skinned Brahma, with three heads and four arms. One arm is holding a japa mala, the other is holding a kindi. Two other arms are folded together in Anjali mudra; To the left of Brahma is the figure of Garuda. Garuda has a red beak. He is green-skinned. He has a green-colored face and a golden-colored body. He is wearing a green-colored upper garment and lower garment. He has wings on either side of his shoulders. He is wearing serpents as his earrings and as part of his crown and bangles. He is also decked in jewelry; Behind him stands the Ashwini Devas, noted by their characteristic horse, green-skinned horse faces. They are also holding their hands in Anjali mudra; There are several golden-skinned Devas as part of the scene; To the right of Garuda stands white-skinned Narada with a long mustache and beard. He is holding a veena in his hands; Next to Narada stands the parrot-faced Shukamaharshi or Shuka sage. He is golden-skinned; Next to him is Shiva with three eyes and an axe in one of his arms, one of his visible arms. He is having a serpent in his crown along with Ganga and a crescent moon; Behind him is goat-faced Daksha with Anjali mudra. He is wearing a green upper jacket; There are also crowns of different Devas visible on top of the panel; The background of the panel is red-colored with Mashipoova motifs.