Hero Stone
Title Hero Stone
Accession Number acc-no-0208
Museum Name Archaeological Survey of India, Goa
Gallery Name Gallery no-1
Object Type Sculpture
Main Material Basalt
Artist's Nationality Indian
Country India
Provenance Velcão, Salçete (South Goa)
Find Place Velcao, Salcete (South Goa)
Style Kadamba/Yadava
Patron/Dynasty Kadamba/Yadava
Period / Year of Work 11th Century AD
Tribe Kadamba/Yadava
Culture Kadamba/Yadava
Dimensions 0.78 m X 0.38 m X 0.14 m
Brief Description

Viragal (hero stone) in low relief.

Detailed Description

Viragal (hero stone) in low relief with depiction of self immolation of hero by his decapitation. The lowermost panel plastically depicts the ritual of self immolation; the hero is seated cross legged on a throne with folded hands;although his head has already been cut off, and is shown in front of his throne, one person on his proper left side is seen with a raised sword as if about to cut the head off. Two persons to the hero's right side are playing drum and gong.

The middle panel illustrates the hero being lifted to heaven by the apsaras. In the uppermost panel the hero is seen in heaven worshipping a shivalinga.