- Agni
Agni - Annapurna
Annapurna - Arjuna shooting at the fish
Arjuna shooting at the fish - Balarama
Balarama - Battle of the Kurus and Pandavas
Battle of the Kurus and Pandavas - Blacksmiths
Blacksmiths The blacksmiths, with the exception of those who use the sledge-hammer, sit as do the carpenters while they hammer the iron. I wish you could see them at work with their simple apparatus. They have small anvils, which they place in a hole made in a log of wood which is buried in the ground. They do not use such bellows as you see in America. - Brahma
Brahma - Brahma
Brahma - Buddha
Buddha - Buddha
Buddha - Buddhist Temple and Dagosa at Kelaniva, Ceylon
Buddhist Temple and Dagosa at Kelaniva, Ceylon - Daksha
Daksha - Dasabhuja
Dasabhuja - Durga, and other deities
Durga, and other deities - Ganesa
Ganesa - Ganga
Ganga - Garuda
Garuda - Hanuman
Hanuman - Har-Hari
Har-Hari - Indian Gods—Krishna, Kali, Ganesa
Indian Gods—Krishna, Kali, Ganesa - Indra
Indra - Jagaddhatri
Jagaddhatri - Jagannath
Jagannath - Juggernaut
Juggernaut - Juggernaut's Chariot
Juggernaut's Chariot At every large temple, there is at least yearly one grand procession. The idol is brought out from its inclosure, and placed in a great car or chariot, prepared for this express purpose. This stands upon four wheels of great strength, not made like ours, of spokes with a rim, but of three or four pieces of thick, solid timber, rounded and fitted to each other. The car is sometimes forty or fifty feet high, having upon it carved images of a most abominable nature. I must not tell you any thing about them. The car, when finished, presents somewhat the shape of a pyramid - Kali
Kali - Kali dancing on Siva
Kali dancing on Siva - Kalki
Kalki - Kamadeva
Kamadeva - Kartikeya
Kartikeya - Krishna holding up Mount Govardhana
Krishna holding up Mount Govardhana - Krishna slaying Bakasura
Krishna slaying Bakasura - Lakhsmi
Lakhsmi - Manasa
Manasa - Monkeys constructing the bridge at Lanka
Monkeys constructing the bridge at Lanka - Panchanana
Panchanana - Parvati worhipping the Linga
Parvati worhipping the Linga - Pulliar
- Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali
Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali - Ravana
Ravana - Sarasvati
Sarasvati - Sasti
Sasti - Seva
Seva - Shitala
Shitala - Siva
Siva - Siva and Parvati
Siva and Parvati - Siva slaying an Asura
Siva slaying an Asura - Siva temple at Benares
Siva temple at Benares - Sugriva
Sugriva - Surya
Surya - The Banyan Tree
The Banyan Tree - The Bel
The Bel - The Fig Tree
The Fig Tree - The Hindoo Trimurti
The Trimurti or three-headed deity in the caves of Elephanta. This is a sculpture of the most remote antiquity, but the dress, the beads, the sacred cord and other religious symbols declare it to be the work of Hindoos. In anthropomorphising the Deity, men always adopt their own typical countenance for that of their God. Hence their idols betray the national features. Now, observe the profiles of Vishnu and Siva in this Trimurti. - The Krishna Avatara
The Krishna Avatara - The Kurma Avatara
The Kurma Avatara - The Lotus
The Lotus - The Matsva Avatara
The Matsva Avatara - The Nrisingha Avatara
The Nrisingha Avatara - The Parasurama Avatara
The Parasurama Avatara