Acc No : 763
Object : Mahishasuramardini
Material : Granite
Measurements (cms) : 121 x 85 x 20
Period : Vijayanagara
Provenance : Hampi
An eight armed Mahishasuramardini holding the trisula (trident), the khadga (sword), the shankha (conch) and the bana (arrow) in her right hands (lower to upper), and the chakra (discus), the dhanush (bow) and a shield in her left hands (upper to lower). The goddess is slaying the buffalo with the trisula (trident) held in her lower right and left hands, and is keeping her left leg on the body of the animal. The figure wears jatamukuta (conical crown), chakrakundalas (round earrings), keyura (armlets), and kankana (bangles).