Posted on: 7 April 2017

The Maharishi Agastya
Indonesia, Central Java, 10th century
Sculpture
Volcanic stone

Image credit:
Museum Associates, dba Los Angeles County Museum of Art


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Sage Agastya, 860 CE - Also Java ; Dieng - At Kailasa Museum , Dieng now

One of my favourite Javanese Agastya sculptures, also in standing posture, is currently housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Even the beads, possibly rudraksha, are visible despite the said sculpture being very old. It looks like Sage Agastya held sway in both the Deccan and Indonesian archipelago.

Harpreet Singh our great ancestor. Take a bow at his lotus feet

Agatiyar tokalapiyar nakiyar *sangam literature