Narasimha, Holi, Vishnu and Vijayanagar Empire

            Narasimha is an incarnation of Vishnu in Hindu religion. Half man and half lion, he is shown seated here on a seven hooded serpent and his consort Lakshmi was supposed to be sitting in his laps. Well there is no Lakshmi today in his laps and the arms and the legs have been damaged not by some natural phenomenon but by the greed and the betrayal of one of the generals of the King of Vijaynagar. The great city of Vijaynagar was under siege of the Sultans of Deccan area in the 16th century and not much progress was happening till the General in question sold his soul and the finest empire in India at that time.


Treachery and betrayal is a fact of life in the history of mankind..oops read that as India. History is replete with instances of such deceit and greed.

That said, Hampi is a great destination where the city lies preserved beautifully in the dry atmosphere and the granite stones stand erect and forlorn telling their tales of glory and days gone by.

This is a granite statue and it is a huge one. I had to merge 10 jpeg images to get this image. The statue was under maintenenace in 2009 and there was an iron grill in front which was coming in the way to take a full frame of the statue. So as a workaround I took section wise photos and merged them here.


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Taken on June 6, 2009 at 10.47AM IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr February 3, 2014 at 11.45PM IST (edit)
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Taken on: June 6, 2009

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Camera: Nikon D70, f/11.0, 1/200 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D70
Lens:	50.0 mm f/1.8
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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