5th/6th century
From Goddess collection, Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Mahishasur with Goddess Kali and Simhavahini Durga (Water Color Painting on Tussar Silk Folk Art From The Temple Town Puri (Orissa) Artist: Rabi Behera)
BEHRAMPUR, EASTERN INDIA, CIRCA 1850
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The goddess Durga armed and riding on a lion, slaying the demon Mahishasura who has transformed into a buffalo.
This dynamic rendering of an ten-armed Durga shows the goddess slaying the buffalo-demon Mahishasura. The moment just after decapitation is captured in this image. Durga’s left foot is on the buffalo demon’s back. A sword is in one arm and another has pulled the demon by its hair from the severed neck of the buffalo. … Read more
The symbolism of Vajrayana spans every facet of life — and imagination — from the mundane, to love-making, to demon-slaying, to wrathful conquering. Every
Rama (or Ramacandra) is the seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. His adventures include the slaying of the demon king Ravana which is recounted in the Vana...
The Brussels Town Hall stands 96 metres (315 ft) tall and is capped by a 3 metre (12 ft) statue of Saint Michael slaying a demon. May 31, 2011.
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SS. Amadour and Veronica Displaying the Vera Icon and St. Michael with a Sword and St. Michael Slaying a Demon, Prayer Book of Queen Claude de France, France, Tours, ca. 1517, MS M.1166 (fols. 27v-28)
This finely carved and pierced green-grey stone image of Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasura Mardini), from the Simon Digby Collection, dates to the Malla Period of 17th-18th century Nepal. It shows a central group of Durga, the buffalo, the demon Mahishasura, and Durga’s lion mount, all atop a lotus pedestal dais supported by … Read more
A glimpse of the Telenga Bagan Sarbojanin's Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata. The five-day festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasura by Goddess Durga and marks the triumph of good over evil, begins on October 7. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)
石刻 杜爾噶砍殺魔牛, 波羅王朝, 87.5 cm × 37.0 cm × 12 cm - 阿姆斯特丹國家博物館 // Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon, Stone, Pala dynasty, 87.5 cm × 37.0 cm × 12 cm - Rijksmuseum
