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Durga Confronts the Buffalo Demon Mahisha: Scene from the Devi Mahatmya

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Charcoal and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Himachal Pradesh Guler)
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Subhash Kapoor in memory of his parents Smt Shashi Kanta and Shree Parshotam Ram Kapoor 2008
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Title: Durga Confronts the Buffalo Demon Mahisha: Scene from the Devi Mahatmya
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Charcoal and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Himachal Pradesh Guler).

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