Image: The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

(by Khitindra Nath Mazumdar,

from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists, 1914)

You can learn more about Shiva the Nataraja, Lord of Dance, at Wikipedia.

Image: Draupadi Cult Statue

Draupadi Cult Statue

(Wikimedia)

You can read more about Draupadi at Wikipedia.

Image: Rama, Sugriva, and Jambavan

Rama Receives Sugriva, King of the Monkeys,

and Jambavat, the King of the Bears. 

Folio from a Ramayana

Date: ca. 1605

(Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)

You can read more about Rama, Sugriva, and Jambavan at Wikipedia.

Details below:

Image: Arjuna at Draupadi's Swayamvara

Arjuna at Draupadi's Swayamara.

(image source)

The sculpture is from the Kedareshwara temple

in Halebidu, Karnataka, India. 

Detail:

Image: Hayagriva and Brahma

Hayagriva and Brahma

(Wikimedia: illustrated Mahabharata)

Hayagriva is returning the Vedas to Brahma; you can read more about Hayagriva at Wikipedia.

Image: Battle at Lanka

Ramayana Battle Scene

(British Library: Mewar Ramayana)

From the Library site: Rama has divided his forces, sending the chief monkeys with their separate armies to the four gates of the city. The allies launch a general attack on Lanka, in which many marvellous feats of skill and daring are performed. Rama has sent Angada to Ravana with a message about his impending doom. Enraged, Ravana orders him to be put to death but Angada breaks free (top right) and creates havoc among the demons before escaping. Ravana ascends to the roof of his palace and orders a sortie. Sahib Din combines a bird's eye viewpoint with a conceptual rendering of Lanka allowing him to use a great depth in his paintings in this book.

Detail: Angada's Mission; battles scenes.

Image: VIshnu

The poet Jayadeva bows to Vishnu.

(Wikimedia: dated 1730)

More about Jayadeva at Wikipedia.

Image: Ahalya

Ahalya, wife of Gautama

by Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) 

More about Ahalya at Wikipedia.

Image: Churning of the Ocean

A 19th-century roundel of the churning of the ocean by the gods and demons, with Vishnu in his Kurma (turtle) avatar.

(Wellcome Reference: L0043629)

More about Kurma and Samudramanthan at Wikipedia.

Image: Sita and Agni

Sita Sings the Blues movie poster by Nina Paley

(Wikimedia)

You can read more about Agni and Sita at Wikipedia. For Nina Paley's film, see: Sita Sings the Blues.

Image: Yama's Court surrounded by the Vaitarani river

Court of Yama

surrounded by the Vaitarani River

circa 1800

(LACMA)

You can read more about Yama and about the Vaitarani river at Wikipedia.

Image: Krishna Subdues Kaliya

Krishna Subdues Kaliya

Kangra painting, circa 1800

(Walters Art Museum)

More about Kaliya at Wikipedia.

Details:

Image: Vayu

Vayu, god of the wind
circa 1820
(Image source: British Museum)

You can read more about Vayu at Wikipedia.

From the Museum site: Painting in Company style of the Astadikpala, Vayu. He is depicted crowned and four-armed and riding on his antelope vahana. In his upper two hands he carries a pennant (right) and club (left). His lower two hands are held in abhayamudra (right) and varadamudra (left). He is accompanied by two attendants - with a club (front) and a parasol held high above him (behind). An impression of perspective is provided by a lightly sketched-in foreground. On laid European paper watermarked with an armorial design.

Image: Varaha

Varaha
1923
(Image source: Library of Congress)

You can find out more about Vishnu's boar incarnation, Varaha, at Wikipedia.

Detail:

Image: Building the Bridge to Lanka

I wish I could find out more about this image! It shows the monkeys building the bridge to Lanka. If anyone has more information about the provenance of the image (which I found at Twitter!), let me know!

Monkeys Building the Bridge to Lanka

More about the bridge to Lanka at Wikipedia, and you can also read about the monkey Nala who led the effort.

Image: Gajendra Moksha

Gajendra Moksha.

circa 1820

(British Museum: More information.)

Note the chakra flying through the air, and then beheading the crocodile. Lakshmi attends Vishnu, as does his vehicle, Garuda.

More about Gajendra at Wikipedia.

Details:

Image: Shiva and Parvati

Shiva and Parvati

(British Museum, circa 1800)

Shiva is wearing a garland of skulls.

More about Shiva and Parvati at Wikipedia.

Image: Narada and Vishnu

Narada and Vishnu 

(illustrated Mahabharata)

You can see Narada has set down his vina;

for more about Narada, see Wikipedia.

Image: Ramayana Embroidery

Rumal with Scenes from the Ramayana 

embroidery, 18th century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

From the Museum website:
At the upper right, Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana bid farewell to Rama's mother before their exile in the forest. The middle scene depicts Ravana, disguised as an ascetic, attempting to seduce Sita in the forest while her husband is hunting a golden deer sent by Ravana as a diversion. Sita is abducted by Ravana and next seen imprisoned in his palace on Lanka (lower left). Finally, Rama, Lakshmana, Hanuman, and the monkey and bear armies cross Nala's bridge to Lanka and advance on Ravana's fortress, slaying Ravana. Returning to the center of the embroidery, Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana depart in triumph, carried on palanquins.

You can find out more about the Ramayana at Wikipedia.

Details:

Rama and his army march to Lanka

Ravana with Sita as his prisoner

Rama Battles Ravana

Image: Jatayu Attempts to Rescue Sita from Ravana

Jatayu Attempts to Rescue Sita from Ravana

Indian terra cotta, circa 400-500 C.E.

(San Francisco Asian Art Museum) 

More about Jatayu, Sita, and Ravana at Wikipedia.