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Description

The dark-skinned monster with the sword is Kali.
Source

"The Cow with 84 Deities", c. 1912, Ravi Varma Press.[1][2] This was part of many anti-Muslim propaganda pamphlets circulated by various Agorakshanasabh (“cow protection leagues”) and “wandering ascetics” as a protest against the Muslim practice of beef-eating during the British raj.
Date

1912
Author

Ravi Varma
Permission
(Reusing this image)
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  • According to The Indian Copyright Act, 1957, all photographs and sound recordings enter the public domain after sixty years counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (ie. as of 2007, prior to 1-January-1947) after they were first published.
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[edit] References

  1. ↑ A lithograph press founded by Indian artist Ravi Varma in 1894. [1]
  2. ↑ Pinney, Christopher. Photos of the Gods: The Printed Image and Political Struggle in India. Reaktion Books, 2004 (ISBN 1861891849)

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03:03, 26 January 2008169×320 (69 KB)Sagredo ({{Information |Description=The dark-skinned monster with the sword is Kali. |Source="The Cow with 84 Deities", c. 1912, Ravi Varma Press.<ref>A lithograph press founded by Indian artist Ravi Varma in 1894. [http://www.india-today.)
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