Śītalā Devī - Goddess of Smallpox & Epidemics (24 × 36 in Poster) Frame style:Framed It honors desire not as

It honors desire not as consumption

this work reflects a mature phase of Tibetan thangka tradition-densely narrative

Bring home one of the boldest expressions of tantra ever painted

where symbolism is precise and intentional

Places of Puja: Performed at sacred locations in Kashi (Varanasi)

Śītalā Devī - Goddess of Smallpox & Epidemics (24 × 36 in Poster) Frame style:Framed It honors desire not asIndia ca. 18th19th Century (FolkPuranic Tradition) Key Features tal Dev The Cooling Mother of Disease and CureThis evocative Indian painting depicts tal Dev, the ancient folk Puranic goddess venerated across North India as the divine controller of smallpox, epidemics, fevers, and contagious diseases. Unlike deities of distant abstraction, tal belongs to lived religion invoked directly by households, villages, and mothers seeking protection, healing,