Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha enthroned on Mount Kailas with Nandi the bull. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

  • Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
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26685i
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The Kailas mountains are found in Tibet, part of China's occupied territories

Kailāsa is a range of mountains forming part of the Himalayas. The name means crystalline or icy. In Hindy mythology Kailāsa is a single peak regarded as the paradise of gods especially Shiva and Kubera

Publication/Creation

Bombay : Anant Shivaji Desai Motibazar (Karla Lonavla : Ravi Varma Press)

Physical description

1 print : oleograph

Lettering

Shankar. Registered no. 39. Ravi Varma. Lettering also in Devanagari script

Reference

Wellcome Collection 26685i

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