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Demoness Putana slain by the child Krishna
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Chromolithograph, India Malavali Pune
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of John and Fausta Eskenazi 2025
Title: Demoness Putana slain by the child Krishna
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Chromolithograph, India Malavali Pune.
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