# Worship of Shiva and Devi

- Date: early 1700s
- Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 26.7 x 20.3 cm (10 1/2 x 8 in.); Overall: 31.2 x 24.5 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
- Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.240)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1967.240/1967.240_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In the shrine in the lower half of the painting, the Hindu god Shiva appears in human form along with his wife, depicted as a red goddess. Shiva has the appearance of a yogi, his matted locs coiled on top of his head, a chain of skulls around his neck. He wears cobras as jewelry, and his body is white with ashes of the cremated dead. The crescent moon perches at his third eye of knowledge. Six women bear offerings in vessels of brass—a pure material suitable for sacred food and drink. The narrative scene featuring a heroine at three moments of time remains unidentified.