Hindu goddess of fertility, motherly love and devotion

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Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.

Parvati and a Shiva lingam. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Shiva and Parvati. Gouache.

An Indian god and goddess, each with four arms, seated on golden thrones. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Shiva Nataraja dancing on the demon Apasmāra, with Nandi bull (left) and Parvati (right). Gouache.

Shiva and Parvati playing Rudra veenas. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Centre, a form of Parvati seated on top of a recumbent Shiva; left, a manifestation of Shiva; foreground, Brahma; right, Vishnu with his consort Lakshmi. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

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Parvati

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Images featuring Parvati

Works from the collections

Parvati and a Shiva lingam. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

An Indian god and goddess, each with four arms, seated on golden thrones. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Shiva Nataraja dancing on the demon Apasmāra, with Nandi bull (left) and Parvati (right). Gouache.

Shiva and Parvati playing Rudra veenas. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Shiva and Parvati. Gouache.