Indian and Himalayan Art Bhairavi Ragini (A Woman Performing Religious Rituals) Probably made in Madhya Pradesh, Malwa region, India, Asia c. 1725-50 Artist/maker unknown, India Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Currently not on view 1968-12-3 Gift of the Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1968 |
LabelHere a beautiful young woman kneels at a shrine while one of her attendants holds bowl of flowers and a second blows a conch. They honor the Hindu god Shiva (represented by the sculpture in the shrine) in a fertile landscape filled with large blossoms and lush vegetation. |
