Title

Saraswati sitting on a lotus with her elephant fish. Saraswati is the consort of Brahma. She is a river goddess praised for her fertilising and purifying water properties and as a giver of fertility

Caption

Saraswati sitting on a lotus with her elephant fish. Saraswati is the consort of Brahma. She is a river goddess praised for her fertilising and purifying water properties and as a giver of fertility, fatness and wealth, 1890, East India, Bengal, Kolkata, Temple Kalighat, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Date

Sep 19, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK23F32_263

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

31,3Mb (1,8Mb) / 9,1in x 13,3in / 2736 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 person 1900s 19th century 19th-century Asian Asiatic Bengal Brahma Calcutta Campylomormyrus compressirostris God Gods Hindi Hindu temple Hindu temples Historic illustration Historic illustrations Historical illustration Indian lotus Kolkata Lotus Nelumbo Nelumbo nucifera Nelumbonaceae West Bengal aquatic macrophyte aquatic plant aquatic plants auf belief black black and white black-and-white black-white building buildings colouring construction copy depiction depictions digital digitally drawn elephant fish fairy tale fairy tales faith fertilities fertility former formerly freshwater fish historic historical history hydrophyte hydrophytic plant illustration illustrations image image motif legend legendary legends lotus flower lotus flowers motif myth mythologies mythology myths nature nineteenth century one person open air perched plant plants prosperity religious religious building replica replication representation reproduction restored river goddess river goddesses sacral building sacred building saga single person sit sitting structure temple temples vintage water plant wealth white woodcut woodcuts woodprint xylograph Hinduist India drawing drawings reconstruction refurbishment restoration restoration work restorations sketch Asia Hinduism Indian religion religions