Image of Vishnu

Here Vishnu is shown in standing posture holding in his four hands his iconographic emblems shankha (conch), chakra (discus), gada (mace) and padma (lotus). He is flanked by Lakshmi on his right and Saraswati on his left. In the center of the pedestal there is a depiction of Garuda, his vehicle.
Vishnu is a part of the most revered Hindu trinity of Brahma, the creator, Vishnu the sustainer and Shiva the destroyer of the Universe. Vishnu is an important deity of scriptural Hinduism and his origin goes back to the Rig Veda.