Past · GalleryPerfect Presence31 October – 8 November 2019Catalogue: Perfect Presence – Tantra, Jain and Ritual Art from India →Works128 worksThree Jain TirthankarasSoldPalaces (vimanas) of the lower heavensSoldJain cosmological drawingSoldJain cosmological drawingSoldKālacakra ‘wheel of time’ mandalaSoldExceptionally large yantraThe letters of the Sanskrit alphabet, for meditation and worship as the sound-root of all divine knowledgeSoldTriangular Mangala yantraSoldKālacakra ‘wheel of time’ mandalaAstrological studyMap of the universe, brahmāndaStudy for a yantraAgni yantraŚiva-dhārana yantraBronze Devi yantraSri yantraA rock-crystal domed sri yantraA rock-crystal domed sri yantraRitual standRitual Bazu bandGāyatrī yantraExceptionally large yantraShiva-patraShiva-patraArchitectural designBlack stone salagramaSoldMandala yantraSoldA yantra of goddess Bala Tripurasundari based on the geometrical triangles of the Sriyantra known as navyoni, inscribed with mantrasSoldNyāsa drawingSri yantraŚiva-dhārana yantraSri yantra with traySalagramasSoldLingam stand with GaneshaSoldLingam stand with nagasSoldThree stone lingamsSoldSri yantraBuffalo demonAstrological studyAstrological studyAstrological horoscope diagramMantra pageHoly water containersNyāsa drawingNyāsa drawingNyāsa drawingNyāsa drawingKrishnaSoldChauki ritual standHrīm mantraSoldLoka-purusaAstrological studyStone lingamBronze Shaivite shrineLoka-purusaBi-lobed coconut, Coco de Mer, (Lodoicea maldivica)Padukas (sacred feet of Vishnu)SoldStone yoniSoldYoni studySoldShivaSoldChequerboard Hari-Hara yantra with eight lingamsSoldPortable bronze ritual shrineCakrasSoldAn exceptionally large Naga Raksha (cobra demon) maskHomage to Parsvanatha, the 23rd Jain tirthankara, with snake yantrasAstrological birth chart used to name a babyTripurā Sundarī yantra (a manifestation of the goddess Parvatī)SoldNaga ritual oil lampSoldPadukas (sacred feet of Vishnu)Unknown deityBronze Shaivite shrineBronze ritual ringShiva lingamYantra to subjugate, formed of cryptic mantra syllables in order to conceal its significance from the uninitiatedYantra diagram with inscriptions on the ʻtribute to the glorious hero (vīra)ʼKapala DzogchenPapier mache and polychrome Citipati ritual dance maskMantra pageBronze yoni offering trayStudy for a yantraSoldJain siddhapratima yantraUnfinished Hastakāra yantraUnfinished astrological foot diagramHrīm characterSoldJain NavadevataSoldLoka-purusaLoka-purusaLoka-purusaLoka-purusaLoka-purusaMiddle World (Adhaidvīpa of which Jambudvīpa is part) showing Mount Meru at the topDipa-LakshmiChequerboard Hari-Hara yantra with eight lingamsSoldYantraMount MeruSacred symbolsSoldYantra to Bandī Devī, the goddess who frees devotees from all bondagesSri yantraLoka-purusaSoldJain cosmological map of the universeJain astrological diagramSoldKālacakra (‘wheel of time’) diagramSoldJain cosmological diagramSoldPage from a Jain cosmological manuscriptSoldJambudvīpa on the left, Adhaidvīpa, ‘Two and a Half Continents’ (where humans live) on rightSoldPage from a Jain cosmological manuscriptSoldNyāsa drawingNyāsa drawingSoldNyāsa drawingSet of six copper holy water containersRāmarāmarāmaSoldAttributed to Kalu RamSoldAttributed to Kalu RamSoldSayed Haider RazaPrafulla MohantiSoldAcharya VyakulRuth MartenShezad DawoodNicola DurvasulaAlexander GorlizkiSoldAlexander GorlizkiSoldAlexander GorlizkiSoldAlexander GorlizkiSoldAlexander GorlizkiSoldAlexander GorlizkiSoldAlexander GorlizkiSoldAlexander GorlizkiSoldFergus Feehily← A Concentration of PowerKalu Ram →
