id:			143169
accession number:	1967.148
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Shiva Saint: Manikkavachakar, 1100s-1200s. South India, Tamil Nadu, 12th-13th century. Bronze; overall: 33.5 x 9.1 cm (13 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1967.148

title:				Shiva Saint: Manikkavachakar
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creation date:			1100s-1200s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1299
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	South India, Tamil Nadu, 12th-13th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 33.5 x 9.1 cm (13 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

	title:		The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India
	opening date:   2002-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 6-September 14, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(J.J. Klejman, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1967
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1967-
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During the 7th through 9th centuries in south India there was a devotional movement of saints who experienced personal mystical encounters with their god. They then composed poems and songs in their native language of Tamil that described the ecstasy and experiences of the interaction. Manikkavachakar was one of these saints; he lived during the 9th century and composed some of the most popular Tamil devotional hymns about his visions of Shiva. In his left hand he holds the pages of texts that refer to his poetry and songs.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 54, no. 10, 1967, pp. 302–346.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 333, no. 179; Mentioned: p. 347, no. 179
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152183

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 236
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n260

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 300
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n320

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