Jagannatha Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 51. Jagannatha, considered to be a form of Krishna worshipped at Puri in Orissa, is enthroned with his brother Balarāma (to his right) and their sister, Subhadrā (to the left). Brahma, Vishnu, Garuda and two representations of Śiva are in […]
Tara (Mahavidya) Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 53. Tara, holding a skull cup, two swords and a lotus, stands on Śiva. Two cremation fires burn in the background. Kali is usually associated with this pose, however the two goddesses are virtually indistinguishable. In the Shaivism and
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
Markandeya Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 40. Śiva, wearing a necklace of skulls, stands behind a Śivalingam within a temple complex. A woman bent on one knee holds the statue, while a bull approaches on the right. Markandeya, in blue, was destined to an early death,
Shiva’s hosts destroying the sacrifice of Daksha Prajapati An illustration to the Bhagavata Purana. The episode of the Daksha yajna mentioned in the fourth skandha of the Bhagavata Purana, is vividly illustrated in this painting. The Purana mentions how Daksha, father of Parvati, deliberately avoided inviting Parvati and Shiva to the sacrifice he was performing.
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