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, however Yama was unable to kill him on account of his great devotion to Śiva.

Printed by: Chore Bagan Art Studio