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# Figure

The Goddess Bhu Devi (Gauri), the shakti of the god Shiva, standing in the slightly flexed or abhanga pose. The right hand holds a blue lotus bud (nilotpala) in kataka mudra; the left arm is extended in lola hasta.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 900–1000 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-8-1924](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-8-1924) · Pramāṇa
