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

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

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This image is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired in India. According to Indian Copyright Law, all photographs enter the public domain after sixty years counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (as of 2008, prior to 1948-01-01) after they were first published.

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current	19:59, 10 March 2007	450×330 (60 KB)	Ghostexorcist (Talk \| contribs)	("The Cow with 84 Deities", c. 1912, Ravi Varma Press. 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 prac)