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Description | The painting depicts the return of the goddess Devi Agamani (Uma or Durga), who is shown jewelled and crowned in the distinctive Bengali form, with tall pointed headgear. She is seated on a lotus saddle-cover and rides on her lion 'vahana', or animal mount. She is greeted by her father Himavant, who is dressed in royal attire and advances towards her. The goddess carries in her lap her child, elephant-headed Ganesha, whose diminutive arms are held out towards his grandfather in a mirror gesture of greeting. To the left and behind Himavant, but full of emotion at the moment of welcome, is Uma's mother. She takes up the traditionally correct position indicating that - at least in the public domain - she is secondary in importance to her husband. Hovering in the doorway yet further behind are other members of the household, flanked by plantains, auspicious garlanded pots and fluttering mango leaves over the lintel, all indications of good fortune and welcome. One of these attendants carries a yak-tail fly-whisk, while another appears to blow on a conch, also a sign of welcome. The other figure in the foreground is dark-skinned Nandikeshvara, ?iva's bull mount in human form. He accompanies his lord's wife on her journey from Mount Kailash to her parents' home. Finally, at a quite different scale, in the upper right-hand corner of the painting, three of the other subsidiary figures of the Durga Puja are depicted. Flying on their bird mounts are the deities - from left to right, Lakshmi on her owl, Sarasvati on her swan and Karttikeya on his peacock - all descending to earth to take part in the Puja of the goddess, who in Bengal is considered to be their mother. These three deities, along with Ganesha, are traditionally shown as accompanying Durga in the Puja tableaux, which are the most obvious public manifestation of this festival. Their Georgian-style mansion is seen behind, in the door-way of which stand other women of the household. |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights Holder | Trustees of the British Museum |
Subject Keyword | Paintings |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Painting |
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