Hand-Painted Dashavatharam Wall Frame – Narasimha Avatar orange deity pendant the bird long associated with

the bird long associated with the arrival of the monsoon and with grace in Indian visual culture

earthy colour palettes

In Kathakali

its hinge and latch intact — while the wooden handle is hand-painted in a bold black-and-red chevron pattern with a single yellow band running through the centre

Hand-Painted Dashavatharam Wall Frame – Narasimha Avatar orange deity pendant the bird long associated withHalf man, half lion, and summoned into being at the exact threshold of a doorway neither indoors nor outdoors to outwit a boon that made a demon king nearly invincible. Narasimha, the fourth of Vishnu's ten Dashavatharam avatars, is one of the most dramatic incarnations in Hindu mythology, and this faux Tanjore frame renders him mid legend, mane and claws rendered in raised gold relief. The story of Narasimha is famous for its ingenuity: the demon