Title: Shiva Revealed in the Linga (Lingodbhavamurti)
Object type: Carved pillar
Date: late 12th–13th century
Culture: South India (Tamil Nadu)
Period: Chola period (880–1279)
Medium: Granite
Dimensions: H. 47 1/2 in. (120.7 cm); W. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1962
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Shiva, term: Hinduism