Sambandar - San Diego, CA - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

The museum placard accompanying this work informs us that it is a bronze piece from 11th century southern India. It also informs us that Sambandar was a child saint devoted to Shiva and is here depicted dancing in devotional ecstasy.

Wikipedia (visit link) adds:

"Sambandar (also called Thirugyana Sambandar, Tirugnana Sambanthar, Campantar, Champantar, Jnanasambandar, Gnanasambandar) was a young Saiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived around the 7th century CE.

He is one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars, Tamil Saiva bhakti saints who lived between the sixth and the tenth centuries CE. Sambandar's hymns to Shiva were later collected to form the first three volumes of the Tirumurai, the religious canon of Tamil Saiva Siddhanta. He was a contemporary of Appar, another Saiva saint."

Associated Religion(s): Buddhism Statue Location: San Diego Museum of Art Entrance Fee: Adults $12, children 7-17 $4.50 Under 7- free Artist: unknown Website: [Web Link]

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Take a picture of the statue. A waymarker and/or GPSr is not required to be in the image but it doesn't hurt.

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Date Logged Log   01/19/2015 Metro2 visited it