India 5-RUPEES (KM429)
Bengal Tiger
This coin commemorates the shakti peetha (consecrated temple) Vaishno Devi, which is a manifestation of the Mother-Goddess, Durga. (So... the temple is the goddess?) Anyway, that's her (Durga) riding on the back of a tiger. Or a lion. Either cat is fine for her.
As you can tell, my knowledge of Hinduism is weak. But I do love its many colourful and bizarre manifestations upon our mortal plane. Yeah. (It's like a multi-dimensional thing.)
23 mm
Nickel-brass
KM429
INDIA 5
2012 SILVER JUBILEE SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE BOARD
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