Indian Artist, Eleena Banik, Forced to Remove Goddess Paintings

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Via Agence France-Presse

"Offering" by Eleena Banik. Image courtesy of artist website.

INDIA --- An Indian artist said Wednesday she feared for her safety after Hindu extremists forced her to remove two paintings from a Mumbai exhibition because they showed scantily clad goddesses. Eleena Banik's paintings, displayed at the city's well-established Jehangir Art Gallery, included the Hindu goddess Kali without the garland of skulls that normally covers her breasts. [link]