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Varaha Triumphant
| Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
|---|---|
| Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Artist | Anonymous |
| Spatial Coverage | Rajasthan |
| Temporal Coverage | Late 18th century |
| Description | Here, Varaha (an avatar of Vishnu) sits triumphantly on a rocky mountaintop while being venerated by the major Hindu gods. The form above his tusks is the world (bhu) together with the sun and moon, which he rescued from the cosmic waters after defeating the evil demon Hiranyaksha; the demon’s body lies in the foreground. This rendering of the subject is unusal as artists typically chose to represent the moment when Varaha raised the earth above the cosmic waters. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
| Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
| Subject Keyword | Avatar Demon God Metropolitan Museum of Art Rajasthan Sawar Varaha Vishnu Painting Rajput Miniature |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |