Four-Armed Vishnu - New York City, NY
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N 40° 46.762 W 073° 57.762
18T E 587529 N 4514782
Vishnu is one of the three supreme deities of Hinduism.
Waymark Code: WMN2N7
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2014
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This sculpture is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The placard accompanying the work indicates that it depicts a seated four-armed Vishnu from the 8th or 9th century in India. It is made of granite.
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"Vishnu ...is a popular Hindu deity, the Supreme God of Vaishnavism (one of the three principal denominations of Hinduism) and one of the three supreme deities (Trimurti) of Hinduism. He is also known as Lord Narayana and Lord Hari. As one of the five primary forms of God in the Smarta tradition, He is conceived as "the Preserver or the Protector" within the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the divinity.
In Hindu sacred texts, Vishnu is usually described as having dark complexion of water-filled clouds and as having four arms. He is depicted as a blue being, holding a padma (lotus flower) in the lower left hand, the Kaumodaki gada (mace) in the lower right hand, the Panchajanya shankha (conch) in the upper left hand and the discus weapon Sudarshana Chakra in the upper right hand."