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  • Raksha Kali, a form of the goddess Parvati worshipped for protection against epidemics and drought. Watercolour.
  • Durga seated on the goddess Kali, both fighting demons. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Left, Sadashiva, with five heads and five pairs of arms, seated on a throne and holding a sword; right, the goddess Kali seated on her consort Shiva. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Kali holding a demon's head. Watercolour.
  • Kali holding a demon's head. Watercolour.
  • A goat about to be beheaded as a Hindu ritual in honour of the goddess Kālī. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Shiva carrying his wife in her Sakti form. Watercolour drawing.
  • The ten Madavidyas. Chromolithograph.
  • Kali standing triumphantly over Shiva's corpse. Chromolithograph.
  • Kali with all of her symbols and dog. Gouache drawing.
  • Radha and Krishna on a single lotus within an "Om" sign surrounded by rondels of scenes of Krishna's life. Coloured lithograph.
  • Kali standing on Shiva with a howling dog. Lithograph.
  • Kali trampling Shiva. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon with other deities, set in a torana. Coloured lithograph.
  • Kālī standing triumphantly over Shiva. Chromolithograph.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon on a stand within a torana surrounded by deities. Chromolithograph.
  • 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.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).