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Sant Mirabai:
This
National Landmark captures Sant Mirabai singing devoutly to
the almighty strumming on her ektara and measuring 14 metres
by 5 metres.
This monolith was single-handedly chiseled
by the artist Maendra Jocelino Araujo Alavres Sculpted in
Greco-Roman style from a vast expanse of laterite stone in
August 1994 at Loutolim, Goa, in a record time of 30 days.
In the halo around devout Mirabai's head,
one sees a tinge of Buddhist's influence but the kumkum on
the forehead, the anklet, the patti on her wrists and the
paizona around her ankles give the sculpture a characteristic
Indian appeal.
One also notices a particular type of ornament
called fullam (flowers of gold) worn by the Goan Hindu women
distinctly adorning Mirabai's head. A lotus and half sun on
the ektara adds to the mystic of Sant Mirabai.
This work has been cited in the Limca Book
of Records as the Longest Laterite Sculpture in India.
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