Object: Lintel with nine Planet
Material: Stone
Date / Period: Early Medieval, c. 9 - 10th cent. C.E.
Measurement: 58x254x53 cms.
Description: Lintel with three projecting blocks, one in the middle and one at each end. Four armed Goddess Lakshmi seated cross-legged in the central projection withprojection in the proper right has four-armed standing Ganesha with axe in lower right and bowl of sweets in lower left. In the remaining projection standing Sarasvati is depicted. Sunken panels between these projections exhibit Navagrahas (Nine Planets).
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