Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Gauri and Newborn Shiva
Image View:
Detail, Gauri (Parvati) looks on the infant Shiva
Creator:
unknown (Indian (South Asian) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Indian Museum (Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Gr-1/A 25210
Location Note:
(Calcutta); 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd. Provenance: Gangarampur, Gaur, West Bengal
GPS:
22.558056 88.350833
Date:
ca. 11th century (creation)
Cultural Context:
Indian (South Asian)
Style Period:
Sena (Late Indian style)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
basalt
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; Hinduism; mother and child; birth; childbirth; Siva; Shiva; Shaivism; Saivites; avatars
Description:
The ancient city (archaelogical site) in Gangarampur is Bangarh, which was ruled by the Senas in the 11th-12th centuries. (The Senas ruled parts of West Bengal and Bangladesh from the late 11th century to early 13th.) The Senas were a strictly Hindu dynasty and are remembered by Bengalis as the last great Hindu dynasty of the region prior to Muslim rule. One of the names for the mother goddess Parvati is Gauri, the fair one. In her avatar Parvati, she is the wife and consort of Shiva. There are also accounts of Shiva appearing to her fierce avatar Kali as a baby, to calm her and return her to the Parvati avatar. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-IN-ZOL-BG-GNB-A0 4
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Gauri and Newborn Shiva