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Field Visit

Date 20 February 2006

Event ID 612338

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612338

Statue of the Goddess Sakthi, wearing a headdress and carrying a torch (?) in her left hand. Her feet are bare, and over her ample breasts hangs a necklace.

Inscriptions : On plaque on ground in front of statue:

Presentation to / The City of Edinburgh / by Professor and Mrs N RANGABASHYAM / Goddess SAKTHI or AMMAM who may be regarded as the / universal mother, and who in Hindu mythology is / PARVATHI, wife of Lord SHIVA

Signatures : None

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0070)

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