Abstract:
The main source of this research paper is Kareikkar Ammeiyar sculpture exhibited in Polonnaruwa
Archaeological Museum. With a very deformed female body, she is depicted in a posture of
singing something while holding a tambourine. Most of the bronze sculptures of Hindu women of
this era are built with full bodies. But the research problem here is to find out what caused the
creation of this sculpture with a completely different deformed, fallen body, and what visual
elements were used in the creation of this sculpture. Also, archaeologists have presented various
ideas and suggestions about this sculpture, but there has been no formal study from the
perspective of art history. Building a sculpture has its own principles. The purpose of this is to
analyse this sculpture using the principles of rhythm, balance, proportion, use of space, gaze and
scale, There, the figurative research method is used on the sculpture. Also, what are the
contemporary social and political relationships that led to the creation of the statue have also
been studied. This sculpture illustrates how the creator of a work of art has the freedom to
visualize and recreate a religious story using a three-dimensional model. Taken as a whole, its
depictions represent the Shiva veneration traditions of 11th century Sri Lanka. The sculpture
exhibited in the Polonnaruwa Museum is used as the primary source for data collection. Books,
magazines, newspapers and research articles have been studied as secondary sources.
