Four-armed Mariamman sits on a dais

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Four-armed Mariamman sits on a dais in lalitasana. Tongues of flame surround her head and a five-hooded cobra rears from her crown. In her upper right hand she carries a damaru (hourglass shaped drum), around which a snake is coiled, and in her upper left hand a trishula (trident). Her lower right hand brandishes a sword, and in her lower left she carries a kapala (cup/alms bowl). In place of a garland, a snake hangs from her shoulders.

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Size: 2850px × 3623px
Location: India
Photo credit: © The Protected Art Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: album, bowl, cobra, crown, cup, dais, damaru, deity, drum, flame, garland, hindu, india, kapala, lalitasana, manuscript, mariamman, snake, sword, trident