Hindu Deities and Mythology

Agni, God of Fire

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000

Altarpiece with the First Jaina Tirthankara Rishabhanatha Surrounded by Twenty-Three Other Tirthankaras

Art Institute of Chicago

1089 A.D.

Amorous Couple (Mithuna)

Cleveland Museum of Art

400s

Amorous Couple (Mithuna) Seated in a Chair

Art Institute of Chicago

Amorous Couple (Mithuna) with Parrot

Art Institute of Chicago

1st century B.C.

Bovendorpel

Rijksmuseum

c. 800 - c. 900

Brahma

Rijksmuseum

800 - 900

Brahma

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1890

Brahma-Shiva

Cleveland Museum of Art

late 900s–1000s

Child Krishna Protected by a Serpent

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 15th century

Durga Destroying the Buffalo Demon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon

Rijksmuseum

c. 1000 - c. 1100

Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon Mahisha

Cleveland Museum of Art

800s

Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo

Cleveland Museum of Art

1500s

Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Eight Armed Shiva Dancing Between Two Pillars

Cleveland Museum of Art

900s–1000s

Emblem of God Shiva with Four Faces (Chaturmukhalinga)

Art Institute of Chicago

7th/8th century

First Jaina Tirthankara Rishabhanatha Standing in Meditation (Kayotsarga)

Art Institute of Chicago

10th/11th century

Four-Armed God Brahma Standing in Frontal Posture (Samabhanga)

Art Institute of Chicago

10th century

Four-Armed God Vishnu Holding Discus and Conch

Art Institute of Chicago

Vijayanagar period, 15th century

Frieze with Geese (Hamsa)

Art Institute of Chicago

Late 10th century

Ganesh

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ganesha

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1890

Ganesha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ganesha-Janani (Mother of Ganesh)

Cleveland Museum of Art

God Krishna Dancing on the Head of the Snake Demon Kaliya (Kaliyadamana)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vijayanagar period, 14th century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon

Art Institute of Chicago

9th century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Art Institute of Chicago

9th/10th century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Art Institute of Chicago

6th century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Art Institute of Chicago

5th/6th century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kushan period, 2nd century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Art Institute of Chicago

Angkor period, 10th century or later

Hoyshaleshvara Temple Sculpture, Halebidu (Halebeedu)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1856–57

Jain Temple, Calcutta

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1890s

Jaina Tirthankara Chandraprabha Standing in Meditation (Kayotsarga)

Art Institute of Chicago

12th century

Jaina Tirthankara Parshvanatha Seated in Meditation (Dhyanamudra) under a Snake Hood

Art Institute of Chicago

6th century

Jaina Tirthankara Seated in Meditation (Dhyanamudra)

Art Institute of Chicago

15th century

Kali

Cleveland Museum of Art

900s–1000s

Liggende stier

Rijksmuseum

Lovers (Mithuna)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Marriage of God Shiva with Goddess Parvati (Kalyanasundara)

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 11th century

Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance

Cleveland Museum of Art

One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)

Art Institute of Chicago

18th century

One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)

Art Institute of Chicago

One-Faced Linga (Ekamukhalinga)

Cleveland Museum of Art

600s–700s

Parshva

Cleveland Museum of Art

800s

Rama and Lakshmana Holding Bows, Seated under a Tree

Art Institute of Chicago

Gupta period, c. 5th/6th century

Ravana Shaking Mount Kailasa

Cleveland Museum of Art

700s

River Goddess Ganga

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700

Savitri Triumphs over Yama, the God of Death

Art Institute of Chicago

12th/13th century

Shiva Nataraja

Rijksmuseum

c. 1100 - c. 1200

Shiva and Parvati

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 950–60

Shiva as Lord of Music

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chola period, about 10th/11th century

Shiva as Slayer of the Elephant Demon

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000s

Shiva met de maan in het haar

Rijksmuseum

c. 1000 - c. 1200

Standing Shiva Mahadeva

Cleveland Museum of Art

700s

Ten-Armed Goddess Durga, Seated on a Double Lion Throne

Art Institute of Chicago

11th century

Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton

Cleveland Museum of Art

500–700