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Browsing International Conference on Asian Elephants in Culture & Nature by Subject "Iconography"

Browsing International Conference on Asian Elephants in Culture & Nature by Subject "Iconography"

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  • Association of Elephants with Goddess Lakshmi: Myth, Ritual, and Temples 
    Sankrityayan, N.K. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Myths encapsulate what societies have envisaged of as sacred, and they articulate the manner in which the sacred is understood in that society. The paper tries to look on those myths associated with the goddess Lakshmi, ...
  • Elephants and Gods: A Sacred Alliance 
    Palande-Datar, S.K.; Khare, A.V. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Stories of elephant in life and legends have captured the imagination for the countless generations of Indian subcontinent. The very form of the elephant triggers awe, delight and extraordinary grandeur, in one’s mind. ...
  • A Monograph on the Elephant-headed God Ganesha: The Mythological Concept and Distinct Iconography 
    Dutta, S. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Ganesha is one of the most important deities of the Hindu pantheon. Worshipping him at the beginning of all the rituals has made him popular than many other divinities. He is widely revered as the ‘remover of obstacles’. ...

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