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Painted portrait of Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar in a white sari with a gold border, holding a small Shiva linga with a lotus flower at its base, against a dark red ground. — **Devotional portrait** Later painted representation

Painting of Ahilyabai Holkar seated on a red cushioned seat in a white sari with a gold border, wearing pearl necklaces and holding a staff. — **Seated likeness** Later painted representation

Devotional painting of Ahilyabai Holkar seated in white robes offering flowers before a Shiva linga, with a Maratha nobleman standing in prayer beside her and a temple and river ghat visible through the doorway beyond. — **At worship** Popular devotional painting

Garlanded bronze statue of Ahilyabai Holkar standing before the weathered stone wall of a fort, with steps rising behind her. — **Commemorative statue** Modern public sculpture

Illustration of a fortified riverside palace crowned with domed pavilions and temple spires, above a broad flight of stone steps descending into a wide river. — **Riverfront and ghat** Original illustration

Illustration of a north Indian stone temple with a tall curvilinear spire flanked by four smaller spires above a pillared hall on a stepped plinth. — **Temple with spires** Original illustration

Illustration of a wooden pit handloom with warp threads stretched across a timber frame, weaving a deep red cloth with gold border stripes. — **Handloom and border** Original illustration

A note on sources. No portrait of Ahilyabai Holkar made from life is securely identified. The painted images here are later artistic representations, and the devotional painting expresses how she has been remembered rather than documenting an event. The architectural and craft images are original illustrations created for this website; they are artistic impressions of building and weaving traditions, not photographs of specific historical structures.

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