Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Vishnu on Garuda

Vishnu on Garuda as 'Avatar prequel'

Original - An 18-century painting of blue-skinned Vishnu along with Lakshmi flying through the sky on the Garuda — a portrayal dubbed "Avatar the prequel" for its conceptual similarity with a scene in James Cameron's Avatar film - Painting in LACMA from Rajasthan, Bundi, c.1730

Reason

Unique, ancient original painting of the blue-skinned Hindu god Vishnu riding the gigantic bird Garuda. This is a very traditional image in Hinduism, which a reporter from San Francisco Examiner recently dubbed "Avatar the prequel" It is slightly substandard per the recommended resolution, but I am not aware of any higher resolution version of it.

Articles in which this image appears

Vishnu, Garuda, Themes in Avatar

Creator

Published by User:Redtigerxyz. The original creator of the image is unknown.

• Support as nominator --Cinosaur (talk) 16:11, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
• Comment Ineligible due to small size. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:47, 15 March 2010 (UTC) You may find eligible images with a similar theme at commons:Category:Paintings_from_India. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Comment This is where the image comes from. Unfortunately, there is no bigger image available there. Cinosaur (talk) 04:56, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose. I was actually getting rather excited then- I'd love to support some images of Hindu deities, but this one is just much too small. The original will have been far larger. J Milburn (talk) 13:33, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:49, 21 March 2010 (UTC)