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Panel from a Ritual Chariot: Narasimha, the Man-Lion Incarnation of Vishnu
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Wood, India (Tamil Nadu)
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift 1993
Title: Panel from a Ritual Chariot: Narasimha, the Man-Lion Incarnation of Vishnu
Description:
Wood, India (Tamil Nadu).
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