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Durga Poojan Chanting Book [c.1850]

Durga mantra is a Hindu devotional hymn or chant dedicated to the goddess, Durga, a powerful deity who is known as the mother of creation or, simply, the mother goddess. Hindus believe Durga protects them from the evil in the world and removes their sufferings. The puja involves crowds of people visiting the pandals, with smaller groups visiting family pujas, to witness the celebrations. On the last day, the sculpture-idols are carried out in immersion processions across Bengal, following which they are ritually immersed into rivers or other waterbodies.

Published
c.1850
Plates
25
Binding/Size
S=8vo
Value
0-5000
Published
c.1850
Ref
1245

Housed in an attractive modern solander box with gilt to boards and spine. Durga Poojan Chanting Book ca 1850. Text with red rule and numerous illustrations throughout. Many plates are loose, and plates are chipped with tears to the margins, etc. Colours are still beautifully fresh and bright. Coloured plates (not) in order: 1. Demon and goddess fighting each other - one on horseback, the other on the back of a tiger, figures trampled underneath. Decorative border designs etc. 2. Yantra symbol set in text. Decorative border designs etc. 3. A Goddess, riding a tiger with a sword in hand, approaches demons riding horses & elephants. Elegant border designs. 4. Yantra symbol, set in text, has petals with signs. Border designs. 5. Goddesses meet by water, with waterfowl. 6. Decorative Yantra symbol, set in text, etc. 7. As above. 8. Goddess (Karli?)surrounded by demons with porcine heads. 9. Goddess, riding a tiger, following a maiden with a porcine head. Animal in the foreground. Border decoration. 10. Goddess kneeling, holding two heads in her hands. Decorative floral borders. 11. Goddess, riding a tiger, nearby another Another God is seen sitting under a tree, on the ground by an animal. Floral borders. 12. Four differing demons are riding horseback through the countryside. Floral borders. 13. Goddesses riding various birds and a cow are seen alongside demons with porcine features. Decorative border designs. 14. Tiger, goddess, and demons with goat-like heads. Floral decoration. 15. Three demons, two on foot and one on horseback. 16. Goddesses riding an elephant and a cow meet demons on foot - one is brandishing a sword. Floral borders. 17. Attractive multi coloured Yantra symbol with signs etc. 18. As above. 19. As above. 20. As above. 21. As above. 22. Goddess sitting on a cushion with two maidens picking flowers in the foreground. 23. Goddess, riding a tiger, following a demon, beside a lake. 24. Yantra Symbol (not unlike the Nazi Swastika) with assorted signs. 25. Decorative Yantra symbol. Floral borders.