Matrka

Contents: Introduction. 1. Goddess Parvati in the art of Bihar and Jharkhand/ C.P. Sinha. 2. Matrkas in the temple art of Assam/Deepirekha Kouli. 3. Parvati in Indian art and culture/Ellen Goldberg. 4. Mahisasuramardini in Indian art with special reference to Chhattisgarh/L.S. Nigam and Prabhat Kumar Singh. 5. Goddess in the art of the Kapila Yamuna Valley of Assam: a study based on archaeological remains/Mrigakhee Saikia. 6. Void appears as form: surpassing splendour of the Tantrika Goddesses/Neel Bhattacharya Saxena.7. The Origin and development of Sapta matrkas in early Indian art/Om Prakash Misra. 8. The iconography of Manasa in Assam/Paromita Das. 9. Mahisasuramardini in Cannakesava Temple at Aralaguppe/Priya Thakur. 10. Myriad faces of Devi: the Aksaradevatas/R.K.K. Rajarajan. 11. The Mahisasuramardini icons of Ambari in Assam/Rashmita Phukan. 12. Ganga and Yamuna: The River Goddesses/Swati Mondal Adhikari. List of illustrations. Illustrations.

The book Matrka is a journey for the wanderers through the paths of artistry., imagination, intuition, religious beliefs and scholasticism of the Indian mind. This book focuses on the imagery related to the cult of fertility, and on the Goddesses honoured as the mother. This book is equally informative for the teachers, researchers, students and connoisseurs of religious and art history.