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.
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- 26170i
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Description
The figures are identified in pen and ink and the goddess is identified as Kālī here, but it is more usual to call this form Durgā, the names are interchangeable
The two goddesses on either side of Durgā are unidentified
Kārttikeya is the God of War, his transport is a peacock, Paravāni
Physical description
1 print : transfer lithograph
Lettering
The goddess Kali slays the Bhains Asser or Buffalo Demon.
Lettering continues: "The god Ganés and his rat. The god Kartekeya and his peacock"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26170i
Type/Technique
Subjects
- Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)
- Hindu gods
- Hindu goddesses
- Demonology
- Kings and rulers
- War
- Lion
- Peafowl
- Rats
- Armies
- Fear
- Death
- Hindu mythology
- Weapons
- Armor
- Gateways
- Decoration and ornament
- Kālī (Hindu deity)
- Siva (Hindu deity)
- Parvati (Hindu deity)
- Durgā (Hindu deity)
- Rāma (Hindu deity)
- Sita (Hindu deity)
- Radha (Hindu deity)
- Krishna (Hindu deity)
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
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Location Status Access Closed stores