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FIGURES 22, 23
Vishnu, c. 900-950. Height 31 in. Vira Narayana Perumal temple, Kodumudi
Tamil poem of the Sangam era (first half of the first on the New York Parvati (Figures 49-51) and on the
millennium.38 Tiruchcherai Rama and Vishnu,40 but without the
To return to certain details of the New York Vishnu,
we note that a stomach band adorned all around with
festoons like the one here occurs but rarely,39 though 38. K. R. Srinivasan, "Some Aspects," p. I44.
39. We find it on the dvarapala from Kalyani at Darasuram
a few festoons in front appear frequently on tenth cen- (now in the Tanjavur Art Gallery).
tury bronzes. The armlets are tied on in a similar way 40. Barrett, Cola Bronzes, pls. 45, 47.
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