Tantric Hindu Goddesses
Indrani Matrika
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This exquisite painting of the matrika or 'Mother Goddess' Indrani was originally drawn by Uday Charan Shrestha and then painted in 2005 by his student, Madan Kiju. However, Uday very skilfully reworked this composition for me in 2006, taking several months to transform this work into a...
Annapurna Devi
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Annapurna, the 'Giver or Nourishment or the 'Abundance (Skt. purna) of food (Skt anna)', is the Hindu goddess of food and nourishment, whose name is given to the spectacular Annapurna Range of Himalayan peaks that ascend to the north of Pokhara in Nepal. Originally this goddess may...
Mahalakshmi
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This magnificent oil painting by Devendra Man Sinkhwal is based upon an original oil composition that was painted by Udaya Charan Shrestha. Mahalakshmi, or 'Great Lakshmi', appears as one of the astamatrikas, or 'Eight Mothers', who are extremely important in the Newar tradition and function...
Durga (Mahisha-mardini)
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This painting of the great goddess Durga as Mahishasura-mardini, the 'Slayer of the Buffalo Demon'. Durga, meaning the 'Invincible or Inaccessible', appears here in her victorious eight-armed (Skt. astabhuja) aspect as she stands leaning towards the left in alidha posture, with her...
Mahalakshmi and Matrikas
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Within a sombre landscape of the five elements, Mahalaskmi, the 'Great Auspicious' matrika or 'mother goddess' stands gracefully in tribhanga or 'triple bend' posture upon the golden seed-head of an ornate pink lotus-throne. She is golden-yellow in complexion, with three eyes, four...
Lakshmi
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Lakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of wealth, prosperity, beauty and good fortune, who arose during the legendary 'churning of the ocean', when she was taken as a wife by Lord Vishnu. As Vishnu's consort she is also known as 'Shri', the 'Auspicious One', who incarnated in the forms of Sita and Rama as...
Dakshina Kali
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This painting depicts Dakshina Kali in her traditional standing four-armed aspect. She strides upon the recumbent body of Shiva, who reclines peacefully upon the ground with his left hand supporting his head. Shiva is bluish-white in colour, with a mustache, three eyes, and the mark of a sandalwood...
B/W Chinnamasta Yantra
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Chinnamasta, meaning the "Severed Head" goddess, appears as the sixth of the ten Mahavidya or "Great Knowledge" goddesses of the Shakta-tantra tradition, and is by far the most striking. As both a Hindu and Buddhist goddess of self-sacrifice, she also manifests in the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition...
Five-faced Siddhi Lakshmi
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Siddhi Lakshmi, meaning the "Auspiciously Accomplished One", is a fierce manifestation of the powerful Hindu goddess Durga, where 'accomplished' means both spiritual power and magical abilities. Along with Shaivite-related goddesses like Guhyeshvari, Tripura Sundari and Taleju, she is one of the...
Kalaratri
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Kalaratri, meaning the "Dark Night", is the seventh of the nine aspects of the great Hindu goddess Durga, who is worshipped over a ten-day period in an annual autumnal festival known as Durga Puja in India, and Dashain in Nepal. This festival commemorates Durga's ultimate victory over the...
Guhyeshvari Assembly
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Guhyeshvari, meaning the "Secret Goddess", appears here in her nine-headed and twelve-armed tantric aspect upon her complex throne. She is powerful, semi-wrathful and dark-blue in colour, and stands in dancing bow-and-arrow posture with her left foot resting on the back of a brown jackal above the...
Nine-faced Siddhi Lakshmi
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Siddhi Lakshmi, meaning the "Auspiciously Accomplished One", is a powerful tantric manifestation of the great Hindu goddess Durga, with 'accomplished' implying both spiritual power magical abilities. Along with Shaivite-related regal goddesses like Guhyeshvari, Tripura Sundari and Taleju, she is...
Chhwaskamini (Shri Devi)
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Shri Devi (Tib. Paldan Lhamo), the 'Glorious Goddess', is the main female protector of Tibet and of Tibetan Buddhism in general; and because of her association with Mahakali, the Great Black One', she was adopted as a protector by the Newar merchants, artisans and shopkeepers that have traded and...
Ganga (Underwater)
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This composition depicts the goddess Ganga as the divine personification of the River Ganges, the most sacred of India's great life-giving rivers. Originally this heavenly river was held in the sacred kalasha or water-pot of Lord Brahma, before her waters were sent cascading down to earth...
