By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The images of Puranic gods only started appearing on cave and temple walls after the 5th Century AD. We find such images in…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist
The images of Puranic gods only started appearing on cave and temple walls after the 5th Century AD. We find such images in Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, and among these are images of fierce goddesses. The most popular of these shows a goddess riding lions and battling buffaloes. We identify them today as that of Durga.
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