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Laksmi on a south portico ceiling in the Vimalavasähi temple. The ceiling is shallow domucal consisting of four circular courses The fourth course is flat and has a graceful image of four-armed Gaja-Lakşmi, seated in padmasana on a pedestal supported by stemmed lotus and water vases. In upper hands, she holds lotus plants, with elephants engraved in them, her lower hands are in dhyanamudra. Two caur bearers stand on her either side, and two vidyadharas hover in the upper section with garlands (Detail: Lakşmi of picture on page 40).
