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A Kalighat painting of Goddess Kali. This is a representation of the idol installed in the Kalighat Temple, around which the Kalighat School of painting developed. Kalighat painting, Kalighat Patachitra, or Kalighat Pat (Bengali: কালীঘাট পটচিত্র ) is a style of Indian paintings which originated in the 19th century.
Bhumi (Sanskrit: भुमि, romanized: Bhūmi), also known as Bhudevi, Dharani, Vasundhara and Avani is a significant goddess in Hinduism, personifying the Earth. She is regarded to be a form of the Goddess Lakshmi. Her earliest form is reflected in the Vedic goddess Prithvi, though their roles and depictions are drastically different. [3]
Raudram rasa of the destructive fury of goddess Durga in Bharatanatyam. The theory of rasas still forms the aesthetic underpinning of all Indian classical dance and theatre, such as Bharatanatyam, kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, Kudiyattam, Kathakali and others.
Hindu temple sites cover a wide range. The most common sites are those near water bodies, embedded in nature, such as the above at Badami, Karnataka. ...Archive/Nominations
From the depiction of Hindu gods other mythological characters, the Kalighat paintings developed to reflect a variety of themes. Rasmancha, Bishnupur . Built by King Bir Hambir, the temple has an unusual elongated pyramidical tower, surrounded by hut-shaped turrets, which were very typical of Bengali roof structures of the time.
Goddess Korravai, a form of the Hindu goddess Parvati and a revered deity in Tamil Hindu culture, is depicted in an awe-inspiring form atop the beheaded head and body of the killed fearsome buffalo-demon Mahishasura. This remarkable iconography, known as Korravai, originates from the remnants of a magnificent 10th-century CE Tamil Hindu temple.
Mitra, the god of oaths, promises, and friendships; Varuna, the god of water the seas, the oceans, and rain; Indra, also called Śakra, the king of gods, and the god of weather, storms, rain, and war; Savitr, the god of the morning sun; associated with Surya; Aṃśa, solar deity; associated with Surya; Aryaman the god of customs, hospitality ...
Pages in category "Hindu gods in art" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brahma from Mirpur-Khas; D.