The Goddess Bhairavi Devi with Shiva

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Sikeena Karmali Ahmed
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 25 November 2024
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A painting credited to Payag, a Mughal artist. The Hindu goddess Bhairavi, female counterpart to Shiva, is shown in demonic form. Beneath the goddess is a corpse. Bhairavi wears a skirt of human skulls and carries symbols of destruction, while one hand makes the gesture of blessing.

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. C.1630-1635 Metropolitan Museum of Art

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