Met exhibition shines light on sacred Hindu art

The exhibition traces mass-produced devotional art in colonial India from 1860 to 1930.

Goddesses Bhuvanesvari and Bagala / Courtesy: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has opened an exhibition examining how mass-produced images transformed Hindu devotional practice in late 19th- and early 20th-century India.

“Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930,” on view at The Met Fifth Avenue, New York, through June 27, 2027, presents about 120 chromolithographic prints, paintings, and triptych shrines.

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The display traces the shift from elite court patronage to affordable devotional images used in households across social classes. Works from early studios in Calcutta (now Kolkata), Poona (Pune), and Bombay (Mumbai) are shown alongside earlier paintings and portable shrines to highlight that transition.

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