VISHNU'S VAMANA AVATAR Provenance:South India The statue is placed on

The statue is placed on a rectangular base

Similar kind of intricately carved wooden  piece of Lord Narasimha and Hiranyakashipu were used to decorate chariots

hallway or study

Pola festival

at twilight on the threshold of his house using his nails as weapons

VISHNU'S VAMANA AVATAR Provenance:South India The statue is placed onVISHNU'S VAMANA AVATAR Vamana, also referred as Trivikrama is Lord Vishnus fifth avatar where he reincarnates as a dwarf priest to stop Mahabali, the mighty and benevolent asura king from conquering all the three worlds. Vishnu as Vamana went to Bali asking for alms and asks for land that he could occupy with his three footsteps. Bali readily agreed without realising that he was the great Vishnu himself. Vamana then grew into gigantic proportions and