Door guardian

Title
Door guardian
Year/Period
17th century
Region
Andhra Pradesh, South India
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 206 x 58 cm
Accession No.
1997-04797

This pair of doors with 'dvarapala' (door guardians) most probably comes from a Shiva temple and could have served as a sanctum door.The two dwarapala are four-armed, holding mace, thunderbolts and tridents in their three hands while the fourth forms 'suchi mudra', a threatening gesture to warn trespassers to beware.