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Annapurna

Kansari Para Art Studio, Calcuttac. 1890

Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Siva stands in front of Parvati in an ornately decorated pillared hall; she is enthroned with her right foot resting on a lotus stool. She has female attendants holding flywhisks on either side. Parvati ladles rice into Śiva's outstretched hands in honour of the Annapurna festival. Siva is depicted wearing a lion skin lower garment and holding the Trishula.

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  • Title: Annapurna
  • Creator: Kansari Para Art Studio, Calcutta
  • Date Created: c. 1890
  • Location: Bengal, India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 41 cm, W. 30.5 cm
  • Type: Poster
  • Medium: Oleograph
  • Department: Popular Art
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