Śītalā Devī - Goddess of Smallpox & Epidemics (24 × 36 in Poster) Frame style:Framed this work reflects a mature

this work reflects a mature phase of Tibetan thangka tradition-densely narrative

Places of Puja: Performed at sacred locations in Kashi (Varanasi)

and the power of righteous speech

a central theme in Vaishnava tradition

where symbolism is precise and intentional

Śītalā Devī - Goddess of Smallpox & Epidemics (24 × 36 in Poster) Frame style:Framed this work reflects a matureIndia ca. 18th19th Century (FolkPuranic Tradition) Key Features tal Dev The Cooling Mother of Disease and CureThis evocative Indian painting depicts tal Dev, the ancient folk Puranic goddess venerated across North India as the divine controller of smallpox, epidemics, fevers, and contagious diseases. Unlike deities of distant abstraction, tal belongs to lived religion invoked directly by households, villages, and mothers seeking protection, healing,