M0008943: Churning of the Ocean of Milk by Kurma, avatar of Vishnu

Date:
24 September 1943
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/78/45
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M0008943: Churning of the Ocean of Milk by Kurma, avatar of Vishnu. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Picture Illustrating The Churning of the Ocean, Kurma (tortoise) Avatara

Description

Gouache painting by an Indian painter of Kurma the tortoise, the second of ten avatars of Vishnu, churning the ocean of milk, as occurred in the Satya Yuga of the 1st Age. Related images: M0001247

Publication/Creation

24 September 1943

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 577284i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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