Shri Shri Gauranga Avatar

Printed at A. P. Bagchi's Calcutta Art Studio, <i>Shri Shri Gauranga Avatar</I> characterises a popular Gaudiya Vaishnava belief of Chitanya Mahaprabhu as an <i>avatar</I> of Vishnu. This incarnation is six-armed, with each set colour-coded for easier identification—the green hands carrying a bow and arrow belong to Rama, Krishna's blue arms hold a flute, and Chaitanya's tanned arms carry his stick and begging bowl. Chaitanya stands in the <i>tribhanga</I> posture, his divinity justified by placing the figure on a lotus flower.