Chamunda: Empress of the Cremation Ground

"This model recreates a 14th-century statue of goddess Chamunda, the fearsome Mother who haunts the cremation ground. Emaciated and fanged, she sits in royal ease upon corpses, haloed by many arms that brandish a sword, trident, skull cup, staff, and shield/book, with other hands in abhaya and boon-giving gestures; severed heads hang from her person. A tiara of skulls, large ear discs, and a garland of heads mark her as the goddess beyond time, while jackals and attendants cluster at the base.…

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