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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.
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Credit: 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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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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 note
Lettering continues: "The god Ganés and his rat. The god Kartekeya and his peacock"
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 26170i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Bengali
- English
Subjects
- Durgā (Hindu deity)
- Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)
- Rāma (Hindu deity)
- Sītā (Hindu deity)
- Rādhā (Hindu deity)
- Siva (Hindu deity)
- Krishna (Hindu deity)
- Kālī (Hindu deity)
- Hindu gods
- Hindu goddesses
- Demonology
- Kings and rulers
- War
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
- Lion
- Peafowl
- Rats
- Armies
- Fear
- Death
- Hindu mythology
- Weapons
- Armor
- Parvati (Hindu deity)
- Gateways
- Decoration and ornament
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores