The artworks include a 12th-century “Somaskanda,” which depicts Shiva with his wife, a 16th-century sculpture titled “Saint Sundarar With Paravai,” and a bronze “Shiva Nataraja,” a dancing form of ...
The goddess, Durga, battles the demon Mahishasura who has the head of a buffalo. He may look like the Minotaur who appears in Greek mythology (and Dante's "Inferno") but her story appears in ancient ...
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art will return three ancient South Indian bronze sculptures to India after ...
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