Vanasura, Shiva and Parvati

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the Bhagavata Purana, the one-thousand armed demon Vanasura visits Shiva and Parvati on Mount Kailash. He presents himself (right side of upper panel) and then accompanies Shiva who dances before him in ecstacy.

Kind

artefact

Date

1795–1804 CE