Siva as Vinadhara-Dakshinamuti, Gilt bronze, 11th-12th Centuries

Dakshinamuti is the patron of the South Indian brahmans, Vina-Dhara (the lyre-player) the patron of music and art. The sitting god rests his foot on the demon Muyulagathe vina is lost. The great mane of matted ascetic's hair is bound back. About original size. Musee Guimet. Paris. (Source: Goetz, H. India (5000 Years of Indian Art) Metheun, London, 1959. p. 178.