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Hindu Astronomy.
Plate IXa.
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Siva receiving his consort from the hands of Kama Deva.
Photographed from one of the scenes of Hindu Mythology which were exhibited in a public spectacle in Dacca about the year 1869.
The fable is supposed to have an allegorical meaning, Siva is a personification of time, and Durga is one of many representations of the Ecliptic.
This union was considered necessary for the welfare of the universe.
