'Shiva drinking the World-Poison', 1920. Lord Shiva saves the world from destruction by drinking a dangerous poison, Halahala, emitted from the ocean, it spreads through his body, turning him blue. From "Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists", by The Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. [George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, London, 1920]

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