# Upper stele with hand for Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan

- Date: c. 600
- Medium: Sandstone
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: Overall: 104.8 x 69.2 x 10.8 cm (41 1/4 x 27 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province, Phnom Da
- Credit line: Gift from the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.106.b)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.106.b/1973.106.b_web.jpg
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This masterwork of early Cambodian sculpture shows the Hindu god Krishna effortlessly holding aloft a mountain to protect his fellow villagers and herds from torrential storms sent by a jealous old god. It is one of eight monumental monolithic figures recovered from a two-peaked mountain in the floodplains of the Mekong River delta, on the outskirts of the ancient urban center of Angkor Borei.