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Yogic Trances

“Early scholars, such as the renowned Stella Kramrish, suggested that craftsmen when making images of the god and goddesses went into a yogic trance, visualized the deity and created an image in a moment of transformation.”

Source: Vidya Dehejia, Indian Art

Vishnu Shrine

Vishnu Shrine

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