The river deity Ganga with attendant

Two of India's greatest rivers, the Ganga (Ganges) and the Yamuna, are personified as goddesses with the same names. They were often represented at either side of the lower part of temple doorways, and that is where this sculpture would have been positioned. Ganga here stands on a mythical water creature that is broken except for its ruffled tail. The voluptuous goddess leans on the shoulder of an attendant. The goddess holds a vessel of water and at the side a larger vessel flows upward with luxuriant foliage.