Vishnu

This impressive Vishnu depicts the deity as four-armed, wearing a jeweled crown (kiritamukuta), the sacred thread (yajnopavita) (with fastenings at the left shoulder and the waist) and a long garland made of flowers (vanamala). The artist has depicted two necklaces; one of twisted pearl strands and the other of graduated beads, the armbands (keyuras), and the pleated short lower garment secured at the waist in stone in the most sensitive manner. When complete this image must have had a large, halo (prabhavali). The depiction of arched eyebrows, gently lowered eyes, full lips, half closed eyes, rounded chin and the three conventional folds around the neck (trivalayas) are all characteristic of the 5th century C.E. monumental images of Vishnu of the Gupta period that display great aesthetic excellence.