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Description The River Ganges is symbolically represented as a goddess in many Hindu temples, including the earliest from mid-1st millennium CE that have survived. She stands on a makara, a mythical crocodile-fish-elephant-peacock icon. Typically with her on one side, Yamuna goddess is also represented with her standing on a mythical tortoise/turtle-like creature. The older artworks show them holding a water vessel with one hand (not above).
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Source Divinité hindoue (Musée Rodin, Paris)
Author Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France
Camera location48° 51′ 19.23″ N, 2° 18′ 56.87″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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