Showing posts with label Images: Kali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Images: Kali. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Image: Kali



Kali
(by Surendra Nath Kar

See Wikipedia for more about Kali.


Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Image: Kali



Kali
Kangra painting, circa 1800

More about Kali at Wikipedia.

From the Museum site: The great goddess Kali, embodying the forces of destruction, is on a rampage, and she is drunk on the blood of her victims. The supreme god Shiva assumes the position of a corpse atop a blazing funeral pyre. When Kali dances on his body, she recognizes her husband. Calmed, she grants him her powers.

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Monday, December 19, 2016

Image: Battle with Raktavija



Battle with Raktavija
Himachal Pradesh, Guler, circa 1800

More about Raktabija at Wikipedia.

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From the Museum site: Devi, the goddess, assumes the terrifying black form of Kali, whose extended pink tongue laps up blood, as related in the sacred text known as the "Devimahatmya." The demon-king Shumbha's general, Raktavija, is shown twice. Above, supported by the goddess's extended tongue, he holds sword and shield, and his drops of blood produce clones of himself. Below, he has at last been conquered.

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Image: Kali



Kali with Indra, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. 
(WikimediaWalters Art Museum page)

You can read more at Wikipedia:
Kali, Indra, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva.

From the Museum site: The terrifying goddess Kali, wearing a necklace of skulls and holding a severed head in one of her hands, is here worshiped by the great gods. From the left, we see Indra, Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Shiva (the destroyer). Kali stands for the forces of destruction, but she is also a life-giver. Her posture is that of a woman giving birth.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Bhadrakali



Goddess Bhadrakali
worshipped by the three major gods of Hinduism:
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
(17th century; Wikimedia - Freer Gallery of Art)

You can find out more about Bhadrakali at Wikipedia.