Information regarding how the murti (idol) of Brahma should
be crafted is mentioned in the Rupamandana. Brahma has four peaceful looking
faces. The four heads faces the four quarters. The murti of Brahma should have
four arms and a beard.
The main murti of Brahma can be standing, sitting in
padmasana posture or sitting on a Swan (Hamsa). Swan is the vehicle or Vahana
of Brahma. Sometimes Brahma is depicted as a chariot drawn by seven swans with
consorts Saraswati and Savitri.
When the murti is in standing posture, it should be in padma
pitha.
The color of the murti should be chrome yellow and the color
of the eyes is orange. The crown should be adorned with ornaments. There is
also a white thread on his chest – the yajnopavita. Earrings are made of gold
or ruby.
The hair color can be red, white or crimson.
The four hands should hold akshamala and handful of kusha
grass on the right hand; the left hands hold ankusa and Kamandalu.
Sometimes sruk and sruva are held in the right hands; ghee
pot and kusha grass in the left hands.
Sometimes the front hands are held in abhaya and varada posture
and the back hands hold akshamala and Kamandalu.
Sometimes the right hands hold akshamala, sruk, and the left
hands hold book and Kamandalu.
White sandal paste and white flowers are used to
decorate the murti. The waist band should go around the loins and the lower
portion of the body is covered with white clothes. The upper portion of the
body is covered with a deer skin.