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Women worshiping a Shiva linga: Devagandhari Ragini of Hindol Raga, from a Ragamala
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About this work
Removed from any temple setting, the focus of the scene is on the intensity of the women’s devotions to the Hindu god Shiva in his abstract form of a linga. The figure on the right tosses flower petals on the linga and offers incense in a handheld censer. Her taller companion wearing a yellow blouse holds two lotus flowers in her hands cupped in devotion as she bows reverently.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWomen worshiping a Shiva linga: Devagandhari Ragini of Hindol Raga, from a Ragamala, c. 1700. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.); painting: 19.7 x 17 cm (7 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.87
