RIDER ON SIMHA YALI Vintage Lord Shiva is her consort

Lord Shiva is her consort

The lost wax technique includes a series of distinct stages which begins with an artist creating an original detailed model from wax (mixture of beeswax and resin)

It is from Gujarat

Molten bronze is then poured through the hole and it is left to cool

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RIDER ON SIMHA YALI Vintage Lord Shiva is her consortYali also known as Vyala are mythical creatures found in many Hindu temples. They are often sculpted into the pillars mostly at the entrance of the temples as they are said to protect the temples. These mythical creatures are usually shown to have head and stylised body of a lion with tusks or trunk of an elephant and a tail of a serpent. Yali can be a combination of any of the animals like lion, elephant, serpent, horse, dog, goat, bird etc. Similar