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Durga Destroying the Buffalo Demon, Northern India, Kashmir or Himachal Pradesh, 9th-10th Century. Cleveland Museum of Art (ID: 1982.45). In Hindu traditions, the goddess Durga is sometimes understood as a form of Shiva's wife Parvati, the personification of his female energies. This female creative energy, called shakti, has a powerful side that is personified as the warrior goddess Durga, capable of destroying arrogance and other mental vices, personified as the demon. Her main feat in the mythic literature is the slaying of the Buffalo Demon, Mahishasura. He had been ravaging the universe until the warrior goddess Durga decapitated him. His more vulnerable demonic form emerges from the neck, and she, calm but powerful, slays him with her sword.

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Shilpaloka black stone (Schist) sculpture of Hari-Hara   Installed at Mahalasa temple Verna.Goa. Chandela style

A Painting of Ramayana in the style of Vincent van Gogh

New WIP! My sketch for my next tarot card design, “The Empress” featuring the beautiful Hindu goddess of fertility, love, beauty, family; as well as of divine strength and power! The tarot card of The Empress aligns with Goddess Parvati to a T, symbolizing Femininity, beauty, nature, nurturing, abundance. She also serves as a sister piece to “Kali” which is one of my favorite personal pieces! Stay tuned for progress or join my Patreon to see more behind the scenes, collaborate on my Tarot designs and concepts and first dibs on original paintings! https://www.patreon.com/LeilaniJoy 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 #theempress #parvati #goddessart #goddessparvati #hindugoddess #hinduart #empress #theempresstarot #tarotcarddesign #tarotcard #wipart #workinprogress #sketchoftheday #sketchbookart #leilanijoyart #kali #goddesspower #divinefeminine #shiva #shivaart #goddessstarot #tarotcardreadersofinstagram #tarotcardoftheday #sketchart #tarotartist #femalepower #femaleart #artiststofollow #myartstyle #empresstarotcard https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNptPZhLTp/?utm_medium=tumblr

Varaha may be depicted as completely a boar or in an anthropomorphic form, with a boar's head and the human body.

Hindu Goddess of Knowledge, Balinese Saraswati Panel 30” A stunning three dimensional wood carving of Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music and the arts. She dances while playing the veena and is accompanied by her vehicle, the beautiful swan and her herald, the peacock. The swan symbolizes prudence, so that one's knowledge may distinguish between good and evil and the peacock, a symbol of the arts. Saraswati stands on a finely carved lotus flower. She wears beautifully carved flourishing robes and an ornate headdress. In her four arms, she holds a veena, malas and a lontar (a Balinese traditional book which is the source of science or knowledge). Details abound! This Saraswati panel is carved from one solid piece of kepelan wood (magnolia wood). It took the artist 3 ½ months to carve. You can immediately see how the artist has succeeded in creating brilliant detail, at once dreamlike and realistic, as evidenced in the depictions of the flora and fauna and the emotive faces of the figures. This panel was hand carved by a master artisan in Bali, Indonesia. It is truly one of a kind!

The spirit Shiva cannot exist without the body Shakti. Amazing art by master B. Shrestha. #shiva #shakti #thangkapainting #hinduart #modernthangka #shivashakti