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Ajuna's Penance, from the seventh century, in Mahabalipuram, India
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- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- Unknown
- Location
- Mahabalipuram, India
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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This is Ajuna’s Penance in Mahabalipuram, India. It is a massive relief sculpture carved out of tan stone. At the right side of the photo is a huge elephant. Surrounding the elephant are dozens of figures in all sorts of poses. Some kneel; others leap and run; some sit or stand quietly; and yet others have their hands upraised. Interspersed among them are a few animals, most of whom kneel. Underneath the large elephant is a smaller one. In the middle of the carving, there is a depiction of a small building.
