Painting
In Hinduism, the encircled shatkona, or hexagram, represents a balance in nature between Shiva (male energy and fire) and Shakti (female power and water). In the centre is the deity Karttikeya, and the shatkona is part of his focus (yantra).
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 128/1998/8
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Archives and images
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Material
- mica | pigment (oil-based) | | |
- Common Name
- painting
- Simple Name
- painting on mica
- Production Town
- Thanjavur
- Production County
- Tamil Nadu
- Production Country
- India
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- late 19th century
- Production Year High
- early 20th century
