If black is beautiful was something we had to prove, we could not have chosen an idol more perfect than this to make our point! Mahabalipuram stone has been used as a fitting material to bring down the celestial nymph to the land of us mortals. Standing on a compact pedestal, the divinely beautiful Apsara, inspired by the sculptures from the temple walls of Khajuraho, is worthy of being the muse of a thousand poems.
Her limbs are supple, her form is exquisite, and her skin carries the most amazing luster. The resident of Indra’s heaven is beauty perfected by the divine. Dancing vivaciously, with one leg raised and the other bent, the Apsara has her hand placed on her forehead and with the other, she holds a mirror- an aide-memoire to the apsaras applying vermilion, a classical Khajuraho sculpture. Her torso is bare and adorned by a pleasing channavira that is attached to her beautiful neckpiece and to a fine garment piece that curves near her left breast. On her lower body, she has donned a dhoti which is carved with intricate floral patterns and held by a floral waist belt.
A magnificent addition to this stunning black stone Apsara idol is the stylistically presented peacock, who sits elegantly under the upraised left foot of the nymph. The bird is traditionally associated with beauty, dance, and pride. The sensuously dancing Apsara whose charms have enchanted gods and ascetics is brimming with pride in her beauty. The peacock, whose long feathers run upwards, covering the back of the Apsara, looking like floral vines that wrap an agile stem, represents the pride the celestial nymph takes in her spectacular beauty.
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