Lajja Gauri: A Query From the Shakti Sadhana Homepage

[Guest guest]

Hi

 

Nice seeing ur site and esp the article on Lajja Gauri:

 

http://www.shaktisadhana.org/Newhomepage/shakti/lajjahGauri.html

 

She is normally shown without a head but I recently came across her

image in a stepwell - complete with head and along with a small

carving of Ganeshji.

 

Does it signify something different? If you want I can email the image

to you ...

 

Thanks

 

TSRandhawa

[Guest guest]

Hi TS:

 

Thanks for writing. Sure, would love to see the image;

but the human-head variations are no so uncommon, and

generally signify the same thing as other Lajja Gauri

forms.

 

The "anthropomorphic" Lajja (i.e., with human female

head) was especially popular in Rajasthan and Gujarat

(though a couple of examples exist in Maharashtra). In

fact the human-headed Lajjas predominated in the

northwest regions, while exclusively lotus-headed

forms are found in central and south India. They are

mostly contemporary with one another, most having been

sculpted in the 500's and 600's CE.

 

You don't mention where you came across this Lajja. Am

I right about the location?

 

DB

 

 

, "Devi Bhakta" <devi_bhakta

wrote:

>

> Hi

>

> Nice seeing ur site and esp the article on Lajja Gauri:

>

> http://www.shaktisadhana.org/Newhomepage/shakti/lajjahGauri.html

>

> She is normally shown without a head but I recently came across her

> image in a stepwell - complete with head and along with a small

> carving of Ganeshji.

>

> Does it signify something different? If you want I can email the image

> to you ...

>

> Thanks

>

> TSRandhawa

>