Story of the Birth of Ashvins: Due to the unbearable heat of Lord Surya, his consort Sanjana left him after creating her similar-looking image called Chhaya (shadow). Helpless, she assumes the form of a mare and roams in the forest of Kuru. Distressed, Surya goes to his father-in-law and asks him to cure his splendour. […]
A well-decorated golden chariot of Lord Surya (the sun god) is shown with seven horses. The saffron flag is flying high on the top of the chariot. Lord Surya is with consorts Sanjana and Chhaya. Aruna, the charioteer, is directing seven horses. Names of these seven horses are Gayatri, Brihati, Ushnih, Jagati, Trishtubha, Anushtubha and
Shankar painting by Raja Ravi Varma is one of his iconic humanization of Hindu gods & goddesses. The painting was further reprinted by Raja Ravi Varma Press of Lonavala for commercial usage by Anant Shivaji Desai of Moti bajar, Mumbai (Maharastra, India). In this painting, Lord Shiva is sitting in the middle with his wife
The painting from British Museum represents god Agni and his consort Svaha. Lord Agni is with four heads with fire crown and with eight hands. There are multiple attributes in each of the hands of the god like danda (staff), japmala (rosery) with various hast-mudras (hand gestures). On the right side is goddess Svaha, wife
Opaque water color painting of Shiva’s attendant Adhikara Nandi, a youthful figure with a bull’s head. He holds some of Shiva’s attributes: in his upper right hand he carries the damaru (hourglass shaped drum) and in his upper left the mriga (gazelle), while his lower right hand is in abhaya and the lower left in
Gouache painting on paper from a portfolio of sixty-three paintings of deities and daily life. In Hinduism – Nandi is Lord Shiva’s mount. He is also praised as Nandikeshwara or Nandideva. He is white bull (Rishabha). The white-complexioned Nandi in his zoo-anthropomorphic (human) form stands on a low pedestal. He wears a crown, dhoti and