Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Vishnupadaka Chhatri

A parasol above, two feet below, and every border beaded for the occasion.

This plaque amulet depicting Vishnupadaka Chhatri is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India, in coin silver. The Vishnupadaka, the footprints of Vishnu, is an old devotional image, and the chhatri is the domed canopy or umbrella often placed above sacred figures. Here a pair of footprints stands under a fringed parasol on a pointed plaque, with two small standards at either side. Dotted borders edge the sides and base, with round pads at each corner. The silver is softly worn, and a small three-lobed loop sits at the top. It is 1.5 inches long and 2 high.

Shelter for the feet of a god, to scale.