The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
Shree Jagat Amba Bahucaraji (Chumba..)

The four-armed goddess sits on a rooster. In her lower right hand she holds a book(?) with the inscription Shri in Devanagari letters. The upper right hand holds a sword, the upper left a lotus flower, the lower left the trident. Her temple with her cult image in the background; across the tower the inscription: Sri Bahucaraji; in front of the temple three Brahmins making an offering by fire; at the bottom left six women with offerings in jars, on the right a yantra in swastika form, next to it a group of musicians. Shri Bahucara is the goddess of transsexuals, homosexuals and lesbians. A stamp at the bottom right: The Modern Picture Publishers of India.

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
Show only fields containing data

Cataloguing data

Object type
Colour printing
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite: 35,5 x 25 cm
Material/Technique
Paper
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 48139

Provenance and sources

when
2nd half of the 20th century
where
India [Land]
Bombay [Stadt]

who
Hans VazDias - Collectors

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
This content was machine-translated
2.1.1 / 7.1