God Shiva Seated in Loving Embrace with Goddess Uma on the Bull Nandi — India Madhya Pradesh, 9th century

God Shiva Seated in Loving Embrace with Goddess Uma on the Bull Nandi, India
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Credit: Kate S. Buckingham Fund. CC0.
Licence: CC0-1.0
Evidence: api.artic.edu artworks api: is_public_domain=true on artwork 86961 (read 2026-09-01)
Record: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/86961
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