I visited Thakkonam temple yesterday.... It has one of the most beautiful panel of Dakshinamurthy. Though bit disappointed that i couldnt take a foto of plain panel. I got the photo with all the kavasams on. If any one has chance please take the photo of plain rock panel...
The Iconography is a VERY SPECIAL AND SUBTLE feature !!
Last week when Vijay posted Dr. Nagaswamy Sir's article re THIPURANTAKA and VEENADHARA - he VERY NICELY OBSERVED that the DIFFERENCE can be FOUND OUT FROM THE FINGER POSITIONS OF THE MOORTHY !
The difference in Holding a BOW (Thripurantaka - kind of vertical ) and in Holding a VEENA (slightly slanted as we seen in Saraswathi)!
When such is the SUBTLE feature in ICONOGRAPHY - we change the Sculptures to our whims and fancies using