Bengal Hand-Painted Aranmula Wooden Frame – Goddess Durga traditional indian gift box the devotional art form born

the devotional art form born in the temple town of Nathdwara

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Bengal Hand-Painted Aranmula Wooden Frame – Goddess Durga traditional indian gift box the devotional art form bornNo two Bengal artisans paint Durga's face quite the same way each pandal, each family workshop, brings its own palette to her crown and features, so that the same goddess looks subtly different from one Puja to the next. This single Aranmula shaped frame carries one such interpretation, her crown picked out in greens and reds rather than the warmer tones used in other renderings, her wide, expressive eyes and centred third eye set against a maroon