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Kali

Kalighat Schoollate 19th century

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Kaligat painting is a school of painting founded by scroll painters who gathered from surrounding areas in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) which was the capital of India under the British Raj until 1911. Many of the painters gathered around the Kalighat Temple (founded in 1809), and worked there, giving the school its name. These paintings were mainly aimed at ordinary Indian people who prayed at the temple but the British also bought these exotic pictures of different religions as souvenirs. Kali is considered as an angry countenance of Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva. Kali is also a deification of time and, additionally, she has a destructive aspect, bringing death to everything. Another aspect is that she can, like Shiva, bring about rebirth so she is considered the goddess of death and rebirth. Kali is the main deity worshiped at the Kalighat temple

Details

  • Title: Kali
  • Creator: Kalighat School
  • Date: late 19th century
  • Physical Dimensions: w23.5 x h30.5 cm
  • Type: watercolor on paper

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