Vishnu at the Asian Art Museum. Vishnu is the god of Preservation, the great maintainer who often appears in various incarnations (avatars) to provide salvation for humanity. Sculpture Information: The Sculpture was made in the eastern India-Bangladesh region in the period of the Pala and Sena kings (approx. 750–1225). Most such sculptures are of fine-grained […]
Saraswati or Sarasvati, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, music, purification, language and culture. She forms the Trinity known as the Tridevi along with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati. She is also known as Vagdevi (goddess of speech), Sharada (bestower of essence
Shiva and Family Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 45. Śiva and his family are portayed in a predominently naturalistic landscape that includes rolling hills in the background. Śiva, Karttikeya, Nandi and two devotees are portrayed to the left, while to the right Parvati has Ganesha seated