Bell

Standard in daily Hindu prayer rituals (puja), bells call the devoted to worship and summon deities to enter the home or temple to grace followers with their presence. The sound increases the spiritual atmosphere and the intensity of the religious experience.

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  • Antique Hindu Garuda Prayer Bell, India (9545XLC) $295

    $295.00
    H: 10”  Dia: 3.75” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!

    This Hindu prayer bell was likely placed on a home or temple altar and used in daily puja rituals. It has a smooth and undecorated body with only incised parallel rings circling plain surfaces and is topped by a Garuda pair sheltered by Naga hoods. Garuda, Vishnu’s mythical winged bird  mount, and Naga, a seven-headed hooded serpent, are natural enemies but when they are represented together, they symbolizes  peace, a very appropriate adornment for the tranquility and serenity elicited by the pleasing sounds of a prayer bell.

    Martin Lerner and Steven Kossak, The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, New York, Harry Abrams, 1991.

     

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