Karnataka Chennakeshava temple Vishnu by Dasoja, 1117, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, Oct. 1999

Vishnu with modern clothing added; Chamba bronze, front of Hariraya Temple, Kashmir, c. 900

Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, Oct. 1999

Sundara and Paravai, 16th-century images dressed for modern worship

 Source: http://www.si.edu/amsg-fga/html/puja_image.htm
(downloaded Oct. 1999)

"Sundara and Paravai, local deities. Tamil Nadu, 16th century, bronze. Gift of Arthur M. Sackler. From "Puja," an exhibit on modern Hindu worship."

Shiva Nataraja, at Chennai Airport, 2005; *a closer view*

Source: http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/12626/cat/501
(downloaded Nov. 2006)