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Painting of a six-faced, many-armed Hindu deity seated within a jeweled gold halo, flanked by two female attendants in red, with a handwritten label below.

Kartikeya (Murugan), Hindu god of war, with attendants

A six-faced, many-armed deity sits cross-legged at the center of a gold-rimmed jeweled halo on a painted platform, with a red garment and gold ornaments. Two female attendants in red skirts and tall headdresses stand on either side, and a handwritten label lies beneath the painted panel.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3022 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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