Bhairavi

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The horrific goddess is shown here in a cremation ground with her ash-smeared consort, Shiva, who appears as a sadhu (beggar). Huge crematory fires burn and skeletal parts litter the glowing ground, but the page is dominated by the bloodred four-armed goddess sitting on the corpse of a victim and holding his head aloft in one hand, a sword in another. Her head is encircled by golden nimbuses; blood spills from her mouth. Despite the grisly trappings, this is an image of cosmic order restored.

This description by Nitin Kumar, Executive Editor, Exotic India.