The Hamsa Kundala: Swan-Form Ear Ornament in Hindu Sculptural Tradition

Hamsa Kundala: Sacred Symbolism and Sculptural Form in Hindu IconographyIn the rich vocabulary of Hindu sculptural iconography, every ornament worn by a deity carries layered meaning — aesthetic, symbolic, and metaphysical. Among the most refined of these is the hamsa kundala, an ear ornament fashioned in the form of the hamsa, the sacred swan. Belonging to the broader class of karna abharana,

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