Hindu gods Shiva and Vishnu united under the name Shankara Narayana. The figure is half white and half blue. Chiven et Vichenou sous le nom de Sangara Narainem. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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