Hindu relief, Carmo Archaeological Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
Hindu low-relief, 10th - 12th centuries, in the archaeological museum in the Carmo Church, adjoining the Convento da Ordem do Carmo or Carmo Convent, a Carmelite convent founded 1389 and destroyed in the 1755 earthquake, Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal. Below is a battle scene, in the middle is a hero being transported to heaven by nymphs, and above is a linga, the symbol of the god Shiva. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13433494
Media ID
45107370
Size
3034px x 5306px
(6.9MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
