Newar Tantric Art
Newar Buddhist and Hindu tantric subjects — Avalokiteshvara, the Mahavidyas, Vajrayogini, Shiva-Ganesh-Bhairava, and more.
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Ganga (Underwater)
Purna Hyoju and Rabindra Munakarmi (2008), copy of an original painting by Keshar Joshi (2005)·Giclée Print · Gouache on cotton · 2008
Ganga (Underwater) : 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 through the penances of a sage named Bhagiratha,…
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