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Bhairavi Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes) , ca. 1640-50. Female devotee worshiping at a Shaiva shrine inside a palace compound, with a lotus pond She has placed an offerings of fresh flowers on the linga and, as we know from the ragamala verse written above, is singing hymns in praise of her Lord, accompanied by hand cymbals (manjira).