INDIA: Tamil Nadu: Village guardian gods (kaval, Munisvar, Anjanar)



Group of village guardians seated as in a council. LBG12


Group of village guardians (kaval). LBG11


Munisvar after being worshipped.
LD46



Group of village guardians. LAE06


Village guardian (hero). LAE08



Group of village guardians symbolized by stones. LM09



Group of horses of village guardians. LAE07


Village guardian (Munisvar). LD41



Village guardian (hero). LAE09


Village guardian statue seen behind a temple wall. LAE10


Group of village guardians on a road. LBG08


Group of village guardians . LAP42


Group of village guardians. LAP41


Oil lamp used for worshipping village guardians. LBG10


Horse of village guardian in the fields. LAY14


Group of village guardians with "vel" (lances). LAP43


Horses of village guardians made into one terracotta sculpture. LD43



Couple of village guardians. LD42


Village guardian on a horse. LD40


Stone representing a village guardian (Munisvar). LD45


Lion village guardian. LD44

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