Art, Symbol & Imagination
Kali in Darkness: Surendra Nath Kar’s Goddess Plate
Original caption: Kali
Kar’s Kali emerges from darkness through the outlines of her arms, her face and the warm accents of ornaments and clothing. The narrow range of colour makes the figure’s multiple gestures the main source of visual movement. In the book’s concluding discussion Kali appears among the names of Devi, the divine power or Shakti, alongside Uma and other goddess forms. This plate stands as a concentrated devotional image within that wider account rather than a diagram of every aspect of the goddess.
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Surendra Nath Kar. "Kali in Darkness: Surendra Nath Kar’s Goddess Plate" [source caption]. In Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists, Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Original scan, 1914, George G. Harrap & Co.. Source scan leaf 471. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/hindu-kali
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Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Artist credited in the printed list of illustrations. Full source leaf and the adjacent narrative reviewed; historical scan colour and texture retained.
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Surendra Nath Kar. Kali in Darkness: Surendra Nath Kar’s Goddess Plate. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists. Scan leaf 471. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/hindu-kali