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Illustration from Markandey puran, Devi Durga Mahishasur mardini devi fights with demons rakshaks

Jaipur, circa 1830 painting at @bonhams1793 auctions

Paintings illustration from Devi Mahatmya देवी दुर्गा दानवों संघ संघर्ष करते हुए चित्रण Devi Durga fighting demons @Sothebys lot332
Demons in various forms came to fight, identify? One seems on pig?

Shri Ram Durbar, Kalamkari Painting from #DollsofIndia

देवी दुर्गा महिषासुर मर्दिनी
Devi Durga fight Mahishasur
Handcoloured engravings by Frederic Shoberl from his work 'The World in Miniature: Hindoostan'. London: R. Ackerman, 1820'

woodcut engraving of Devi Durga fighting with Mahishasur
by artist Madhab Chandra Das, 19th -20th century @V_and_A wood engraving lost shin due to lithograph prints appeared in market & had glossy colours & shining
though engraving on wood was more difficult

woodcut tableau depicts Devi Durga Mahishasur mardini flanked by Lakshmi & Sarasvati
just like Durga Puja Mandap
woodcuts became popular as it was cheap & easily available compared to prints
this is by Krishna Chandra of Shobhabazar, c.1860-70 @V_and_A

image showing Indian servants
From "Chambers's History of the Revolt in India" London, 1859 via https://t.co/etImfUNFja
reminded me of description by Fanny Parkes about monthly wages & names of Khidmatgar ख़िदमतगार कारिन्दा ? in her journal Begum Thugs & Englishmen
@DalrympleWill

Together Devi(s) fought with evil forces
Devi Kumari Fighting Asuras (Verso), Folio from Devimahatmya
Painting from Rajasthan, Sirohi, 1675-1700 @LACMA
all devta combined energies thus born various forms of Devi Durga?

Raktabija, presented special challenge. Every time a drop of his blood fell on ground, a clone of demon arose. Devi created a fearsome emanation of herself, Devi Kali. As Kali lapped up Raktabija’s blood, she was able to defeat him
Painting from Guler, 1775-1800 @walters_museum

compare 2 scenes
illustrated Sunday news, 1874, titled "Famine in India: women grinding corn" via https://t.co/etImfUNFja

2nd is chromolithograph of Simpson, 1867? earlier i wrote wrongly as 1862 from @britishlibrary
western's bad knowledge?