10'' Devi Uma (Boga Sakthi) | Madhuchista Vidhana (Lost-Wax) | Panchaloha Bronze from Swamimalai

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The unassuming and gentle charm of the goddess – the ‘wife who is ever loving’ and ‘whose heart never leaves her husband’ – is visible in the way the ‘sthapati’ has created the sculpture poised in the ‘lalitasana,’ with one leg up against the lotus pedestal and one leg hanging downwards, signalling a sense of royal divinity and relaxation. Uma’s erect body is supported by her left hand placed against the pedestal, while the right hand is held outwards in the ‘katakamudra’ posture.

Clad in a diaphanous ‘dhoti,’ an ornate ‘mukuta,’ and jewellery across her body, the manifestation of Devi Uma as Bhogashakti has several iterations in history – from sculptures kept at the National Museum in Delhi to the offerings of Rajendra Chola I at Gangaikondacholapuram – and can be further viewed on Exotic India here.