Gudimallam Lingam
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The Gudimallam Lingam is an ancient linga in the Parashurameshwara Swami Temple of Gudimallam, a small village near Tirupati city in the Yerpedu mandal of the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, Indi
The Gudimallam Lingam in-situ
Gudimallam lingam (as it appeared before the floor was lowered): front, rear & side elevations, with sectional plan.
Gudimallam statue details
Views from different angles of a replica of relatively recent date
Apasmara
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Apasmara is a diminutive man who represents spiritual ignorance and ahamkara in Hindu mythology. He is also known as Muyalaka or Muyalakan.
Gudimallam Lingam
…An image of Shiva in sthanaka posture is carved in high relief. On the front portion of the linga the god is standing on the shoulders of a figure of Apasmara, a dwarf who represents spiritual ignorance. The figure of Shiva resembles a vigorous hunter; He holds a ram or antelope in his right hand and a small…
Apasmara, clutching a cobra and trampled beneath the foot of Nataraja (Shiva as lord of dance).
Nataraja dancing the cosmic dance of creation, destruction and moksha (ultimate liberation) upon the prone body of Apasmara, the demon of avidya (ignorance or lack of spiritual insight) – Chola bronze, Musée Guimet.