Painting of Bhudevi

Gouache painting from an album of 26 depicting scenes of Hindu mythology in a variety of painting styles. The boar avatar Varaha, the third incarnation of Viṣṇu, stands in front of the decapitated body of the demon Hiranyaksha. The goddess Bhudevi balances on the boar's tusks.

Kind

artefact

Date

1751–1850 CE