Durga mounted on her lion fighting a demon army. Gouache drawing.

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Durga mounted on her lion fighting a demon army. Gouache drawing. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Durga is a composite goddess embodying a number of local divinities and demonesses associated with mountains, vegetation and fire

Durga in this form is also known as Simhavāhinī riding a lion which symbolises her warlike nature and invincibility

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1 drawing : gouache, with oxidised silver

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Lettering on the reverse side in Devanagari script

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Wellcome Collection 27688i

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