Pandava Hero - Pasadena, CA - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

This sculpture is in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. The Museum's website (visit link) informs us:

"Pandava Hero (?), c. 956

India: Rajasthan, Harshagiri (?), 931-981
Sandstone
86-1/4 in. (218.8 cm)
The Norton Simon Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon
F.1976.07.S
© 2012 The Norton Simon Foundation

On view

Indian heroes are often identified by the presence of bows and arrows—symbols of valor and military skill. This monumental figure cradles the fragment of a bow under his left arm; a quiver of arrows is visible behind his shoulder. His right hand probably once held an arrow. The figure most likely represents one of the Pandava brothers, heroes of the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata."

Read the extensive Wikipedia article about the Pandava at (visit link)

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 400 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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