Palden Lhamo

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Palden Lhamo is modeled here in her most popular form as the Glorious Queen Magzor (also known as Palden Remati). She also appears in Indian and Tibetan sacred art in her other forms such as the four-armed Dudsolma. She rides her mule over an ocean of blood in this fine partial gilt bronze. She is joined by her two aco­lytes, Makaravaktra (seamonster-headed goddess) and Simhavaktra (lion-headed goddess).

Kali

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Kali is perhaps the most terrifying of all the manifestations of the Great Goddess. Her name means “the Black (female) one.” In some myths she is actually the personified anger of Durga as the goddess attacks the buffalo demon. Kali haunts the cremation ground, which is usually situated on the outskirts of any settlement. This is also where non-caste populations, including tribal groups, live, indicating that her roots may be as a tribal deity.

Kadampa Stupa

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The stupa is a physical embodiment of the Buddhist faith. The large masonry stupas of the ancient world enshrined the remains of Buddha Shakyamuni and other important figures in Buddhist history. Smaller stupas such as this example from the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism are meant for placement on altars.

Shiva

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Shiva, one of the most important gods of Hinduism, is a very complex deity.  In the Vedic period (ancient times) he was seen as Rudra, the Aryan deity of storms and destruction. He is also an ancient god of fertility. As the god of death and rebirth, Shiva is sometimes imagined in his terrible aspect, as Lord of Destruction, who meditates among the ashes of corpses on a cremation ground.

Stupas

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At the death of the Buddha Sakyamuni, the cremated relics of the Buddha were divided and placed inside large hemispherical mounds known as stupas. Monumental stupas, some several hundred feet tall, were the earliest Buddhist architecture preserved in India and served as memorials for deceased religious leaders and teachers.
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