A statue of Lord Varaha, the 3rd boar incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Beside the statue is the Earth goddess Bhudevi. This statue is carved from a single block of red sandstone with a height of 11 feet (3.35 meter). Made c. 510 CE, Gupta Empire. Eran, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. (Courtesy of District Sagar, Government of Madhya Pradesh)
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