Shanta or saumya visuals Categorical joy, understanding and harmony, such as the Saraswati graphic at correct. Saumya images are most commonly encountered in Hindu temples. In the 12th–16th century, through Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent and South Asia, Hindu temples, combined with the temples of Buddhists and Jains, intermittently https://sites.google.com/view/hindu-temple-south-australia/