Rāvaṇa Offering His Head to Shiva - 18 × 24 in Poster A3 shitala mata poster Suitable for study spaces

Suitable for study spaces

and a reminder of the sacred fire that burns within

This work is among the few surviving examples of large-scale Tibetan cloth paintings from the 13th-early 14th century-a period of extraordinary artistic and spiritual synthesis in Central Tibet

and lovers of divine art

In the Indian aesthetic imagination

Rāvaṇa Offering His Head to Shiva - 18 × 24 in Poster A3 shitala mata poster Suitable for study spacesIndia ca. 19th Century Key Features Rvaa Supreme Devotee Beyond the Villain This striking 19th century gouache presents Rvaa, the king of Lak, not as a demonized antagonist but as one of Shivas most extreme and learned devotees. Seated in ritual posture, sword in hand, Rvaa performs an act of unimaginable tapas offering one of his own heads into the sacred fire to please Mahdeva. Self Sacrifice as Devotion The severed head, placed into the blazing