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The Blue-Complexioned Kali Slaying Demons

1825/1850

Academy of Fine Arts and Literature

Academy of Fine Arts and Literature
New Delhi, India

The fierce-looking blue-complexioned Kali is charging against demons. Severed heads, hands and other organs of many of them lay scattered all over the ground. Crushed under her right foot lies the horse-demon Hayagriva, and with her right hand the goddess is flinging away the elephant demon Gaya. The force which her anatomy reveals is tremendous.

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  • Title: The Blue-Complexioned Kali Slaying Demons
  • Date: 1825/1850
  • Physical Dimensions: 12.8x21.1cm
  • Provenance: Pahari School
  • Subject Keywords: Kali
  • Medium: Natural Pigment on Paper
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