PANJURLI WITH NAGA ADORNMENT Provenance:India - Coastal Karnataka Antique Gaja Yali sculptures

Antique Gaja Yali sculptures

Gaja Lakshmi sculptures are seen at the entrances of most temples in India

In Hindu spirituality

The antique glass has etching in a free hand pattern all over

It will definitely add an antique charm to your home décor and can be used to store precious trinkets

PANJURLI WITH NAGA ADORNMENT Provenance:India - Coastal Karnataka Antique Gaja Yali sculpturesPANJURLI WITH NAGA ADORNMENT This ancient mask is a precious collectible of Panjurli. Panjurli is the divine spirit of a male wild boar worshipped as a part of Bhuta Kola. Panjurli in Tulu means a wild boar offspring. In Tululand many wildboars used to destroy cultivated crops of farmers and hence farmers started worshipping the spirits of wildboars. This was probably later absorbed in Hinduism through the following story. As per Paddanas the ancient