The most magnificient image
of Gauri or Parvati ever found in Bengal is the so-called
Mahamaya image from Kagajipara, Vikrampur (Munshiganj),
now in BNM, and undoubtedly a great creation of the Sena
period. The four-armed Devi (Gauri?) meditates in front
of a huge Shiva-lingam showing dhyana-mudra with the two
front hands and holding a rosary in the upper right hand
and a manuscript in the upper left hand. The iconography
of this image is debated. DC Bhattacharyya called the
image Apitakucha.
Picture-1: Gauri or
Parvati found from Kagajipara, Vikrampur (Munshiganj)
Picture-2: Mahamaya
found from Kagajipara, Vikrampur (Munshiganj)
