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When members of the royal family or priesthood traveled in a public festival procession or to a temple to make offerings or participate in a ceremony, they would be carried in a palanquin, or a covered litter. Portable objects of veneration, such as bronze images or a sacred fire, were also carried on palanquins. The palanquins had wooden poles, hanging seats or raised platforms, and bronze fittings cast in intricate forms and gilt, lending the palanquins a sumptuous quality. This hook once supported a bronze ring from which hung a seat, like a hammock or swing. A wooden pole would have passed through the hollow socket at the top and was carried on the shoulders of bearers. The hook segment ends in the face of a garuda, a man-eagle with a prominent beak, stylized wings, and feathers. Figures indicative of devotion and success, including pairs of elephants, crown the fitting.
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This palanquin or processional vehicle comes from Bali. It was probably used to transport deity figures called ‘arca lingga’ in various Hindu temple processions and ceremonies. These included annual cleaning ceremonies where the deity would be carried to a water source for ritual cleansing and circumambulation to drive away evil spirits. It is also believed that such vehicles were used to transport the ashes of the deceased after cremation.The fantastic architecture of the vehicle mirrors that of real temples in the Southeast Asia. The naga on the sides of the vehicle and the kala heads that flank the corners are guardian symbols designed to protect the structure. The black and white check pattern on the roof of the structure, known as a poleng pattern, symbolises the balance of positive and negative cosmic forces.
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Artist Chandrakala Devi-A central figure of Goddess Durga adorned with multiple arms sits in a decorative structure, flanked by monsters, all beneath an elaborate tree with dense foliage. The border and details are accentuated with intricate patterns in shades of red and black. Goddess Durga has chosen a palanquin as her vahana to arrive on Shardiya Navratri. According to the scriptures, in Devi Purana, riding a palanquin is considered very auspicious.
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