Serpentarium Mundi of Alexei Alexeev The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present)
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Figure SSA-ind-026. (A) God Ganesha, wearing the serpent Vasuki with the cranial gemstone as yajnyopavita (sacred thread) around his body. (B) God Ganesha wearing the serpent Vasuki as yajnyopavita (sacred thread) around his body.


Item: Medium: Category
(Object):
Artist/Workshop: Historical/Art
Period, Date:
Provenience: Collection:
A. Stone High relief
(Stele, carved
decoration)
Unknown Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty (?), 900-1000 AD TBD, Madhya Pradesh, Cen-
tral India
National Museum, New Delhi, Inven-
tory № 68.106
B. Stone High relief
(Stele, carved
decoration)
Unknown TBD TBD Patna Museum,
Patna, Inventory
№ ?

Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Indian Expedition, 27 January - 6 March 2013). The representative scale is not universal. All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details).

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