Devi Uma Parameshvari, Great Goddess Uma

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Devi Uma Parameshvari, Great Goddess Uma

India (Tamil Nadu)LinkedCulture matchlcp-e84f00141d5d

Date
13th century
Medium
Bronze
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
6223

Devotees of the Great Goddess understand her as a personification of supreme feminine power. In Tamil Nadu, her iconography is relatively consistent, although she might be called by different names depending on the form of Shiva she accompanies. Her right arm is positioned to hold a lotus or blue lily, her left hand rests gracefully at her side, and her sensuous figure is accentuated by the triple-bend stance. An image of Uma must be present at all temple ceremonies for Shiva, or else the ritual is incomplete. India, Asia

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