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Vishnu in Female Form of Mohini Carrying Amrita for the Gods
Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
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Artist | Anonymous |
Organization | Cleveland Museum of Art |
Spatial Coverage | Kolkata West Bengal |
Temporal Coverage | 1800s |
Description | Mohini is a Hindu goddess and the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a femme fatale, an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them to their doom. Here she appears as a form of Vishnu, holding the pot of Amrita (an elixir of immortality) from the thieving asuras (demons), and gives it back to the devas (gods), helping them retain their immortality. |
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 | God Kalighat Kolkata Mohini Vishnu West Bengal Woman Kalighat Painting Painting Cleveland Museum of Art |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Painting |