Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in Chapter 1.

(i) The image of Bharat Mata created by Abanindranath Tagore is portrayed as an ascetic figure. She is calm, composed, divine and spiritual. Another image of Bharat Mata is shown with a Trishul, standing beside a lion and an elephant-both are the symbols of power and authority.

(ii) Germania was the symbol of the German nation. She is depicted .rs a female figure standing against a background where beams of sunlight shine through the tricolor fabric of the national flag. Germania is wearing a crown of oak leaves, as the German oak stands for heroism.