Surya (C.10th Century A.D.) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Shahjahanpur
Surya (C.10th Century A.D.) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Shahjahanpur
Fire God – Agni (Kushana Period) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Unknown
Description: The image of Agni shows the fire God with an aureole of flames around his head and a pot of ghee (butter) in the left hand. The deity with a pot belly wears a sacred thread.
Sheshashayi Vishnu (Medieval Period) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Mathura
Description: Fragment showing Vishnu lying on a serpent bed. Lakshmi pressing his feet. The panel illustrates a row of nine planets. The pedestal bears the figure Bhudevi flanked by the Nagas.
The God of Wealth – Kubera (Kushana Period) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Maholi, Mathura
Rider on the Leograph (C.5th Century A.D.) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Unknown
Colossal Image of a Saint (Kushana Period) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Village Nadan, Ferozabad
Balram Holding a Cup (C.18th Century A.D.) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Unknown
Ganesha in Dancing Pose (C.10th Century A.D.) – This photo was taken at the Government Museum in Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
Provenance: Rataul, Bagpat, Meerut
Description: This sculpture is one of the most beautiful specimens of medieval plastic art representing a dancing Ganesha with ten arms holding several attributes such as parsu, pasa, club, snake, sweet balls, and the post of Abhya. Below is seen a rat, his vehicle.
The entry fee for the Government Museum, Mathura is as follows:
Foreigners – Rs. 25
Indian – Rs. 5
Children – Rs. 2
Still/Mobile Camera – Rs. 20
(video camera not allowed)
The visit timings of the Government Museum, Mathura are as follows:
10:30 am – 4:30 pm
(Monday/Sunday/2nd Saturday/Gazetted Holidays – museum is closed)