Happy Hanumana Jayanti

Sharma

Shri Rama

Mysore painting of the coronation of Lord Rama

Shri Ganesha Writing

Painting by Graham Brown, gouache and watercolour on board. 16.5 x 16.5 cm. 2013.

Shri Bhairavi

Bhairavi is a fierce and terrifying aspect of the Devi virtually indistinguishable from Kali, except for her particular identification as the consort of the Bhairava.

-Wikipedia

Here She is depicted meditating in a cremation ground, symbolic of Her annihilation of materialistic attachments. Her appearance is terrifying to discourage demonic forces.

Her husband, Bhairava (a form of Lord Shiva who incarnates on the Earth) is shown seated on the left, wearing only ashes and a garland of skulls.

Goddess

detail

Pichhwai, Rasalila, Nathdwara

Shri Krishna

Shri Brahmadeva

Lord Brahmadeva is the Creator aspect of the Divine. To His left is, presumably, His wife Shri Saraswati.

Gajendra Moksha

Shri Vishnu Saving the Elephant Gajendra, Pahari region, Guler, circa 1760.

Gajendra was the king of elephants. One hot day, he was cooling off in a lake when a crocodile attacked him, and he could not free himself. Gajendra prayed to the god Shri Vishnu to save him. When Lord Vishnu appeared, Gajendra offered Him a lotus bloom. Shri Vishnu overcame the crocodile and saved His devotee.

In his previous Gajendra was Indrayumna, a great king and devotee of Vishnu. Indradyumna once failed to receive the sage Agastya with due respect. The enraged Agastya cursed the king to become an elephant in his next birth, as he sat heavy on his seat and did not rise to greet him.

The crocodile in its last life was a king called HuHu in the Gandharva planet. Once while enjoying himself in the waters, he pulled the leg of a sage. The enraged sage cursed the king to become a crocodile in his next life. The repentant HuHu asked for pardon. The Sage proclaimed that though he could not retrieve the curse, the crocodile would be liberated from the cycle of birth and death when Gajendra would be saved by the Lord God Himself.

Mary and Jesus

These two Safavid Persian paintings depicts Mary (Maryam) and Jesus (ʿĪsā), as indicated by the inscriptions. They date to the late eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE and are attributable to the Safavid painter Shaykh ‘Abbāsī, whose works range between 1060 AH / 1650 CE to 1095 AH / 1683-4 CE. 

Belated Happy Navaratri

Devi

The Devi

Navaratri

Matsya Avatar

Vishwarupa

The Vishwarupa is the cosmic form of Shri Vishnu, revealed to the warrior Arjuna by Shri Krishna.

Shri Ganesha

Himachal Pradesh, Chamba, circa 1800

Shrinathji

Shrinathji is a form of Lord Krishna manifest as a child with dark complexion. He is shown with one arm raised to represent His lifting of the Govardhan hill to act as a shelter for the protection of his devotees.

The principal shrine of Shrinathji is situated at the temple town of Nathdwara, near Udaipur, Rajasthan. 

Nath means 'lord', 'protector' or 'refuge'. Shri and ji are honorific terms added to the names of deities or highly respected people.

Adoration of the Goddess

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and two other divine beings pay homage to the Goddess, perhaps in the form of Parvati, living as an ascetic in the wilderness, accompanied by a deer.

Gajendra Moksha

Mid 18th century.

Depicts Lord Vishnu rescuing the king of the elephants, Gajendra, from a crocodile. In his previous life, Gajendra had been a great king who failed to greet a visiting sage with respect. The sage cursed him to be reborn as an elephant because he sat heavily on his throne rather than rising to honour the sage. 

Garuda, the vehicle of Shri Vishnu, flies overhead.

Wedding of Shiva

Kangra, Himachal Pradesh