# The cosmic lotus Mahakala and the Ten Sikh Gurus

- By: anonymous
- Date: 1839
- Classification: Painting
- Credit line: Google Arts & Culture — the-cosmic-lotus-mahakala-and-the-ten-sikh-gurus-unknown/YAFxS0cCL4vhdw
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Cosmic_Lotus_Mahakala_and_the_Ten_Sikh_Gurus.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/The_Cosmic_Lotus_Mahakala_and_the_Ten_Sikh_Gurus.jpg/1920px-The_Cosmic_Lotus_Mahakala_and_the_Ten_Sikh_Gurus.jpg
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This is one of the folios of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, it is a visual representation of the text written in the Guru Granth Sahib. The painting represents the Universe, divided into twelve petals of a lotus representing twelve zodiac divisions. Ten of these petals are illustrated with the Ten Sikh Gurus and the other two are their origin \[ Kashyapa and his Solar dynasty \]. The central circle of the lotus has Sodhi Bhan Singh, the patron, who got this manuscript prepared and he can be see worshipping Mahakala and Mahakali.