The Twelve Kālīs
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The Twelve Kālīs
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2022
Gold plated bronze
40 x 40 x 27 cm
A sculpture of the thirteen Kālīs in a hypaethral maṇḍala arrangement alluding to the cakra-melāpas or “circle gatherings” of Krama ritual that typically took place within circular Yoginī Temples.
Textual source:
“These Kālīs are red and are located on a lotus of twelve petals...They are rays of the Kālī in the centre”
~ Kālīkulapañcakramakramārcana
Acknowledgments:
Lotus cup in which all thirteen Goddesses are situated, inspired by the medieval Tantric ‘Lotus Maṇḍalas’ typical of Chakrasamvara [eg. see Item no. 9237, www.himalayanart.org] and adapted to the Kashmiri style.
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