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Lion with a Female Face, 18th c. #Bilaspur At Philadelphia Museum
#Nainsukh 1730; A firework display. #Diwali festivity.
#LaurenceBinyon in J.C. French’s Himalayan Art:
“But it would be, I think, a mistake to imply that the Kangra Artists derived their style from their contemporaries of the Moghul painters. Their style is their own,.....1/2
Ladies playing Chaupar; Late 18th C, From Sibba State now in Kangra. At CSVSM, Mumbai
#Manaku; Guler 1740, #BhagavatPuran Series; At Rajasthan Orient Resrh. Inst..
Daksha Prajapati with his 14 daughters. A ‘Manasputra’, mind created son of Brahma, he is the agent of creation.13 daughters married to Dharma, 1 to Agni, 1 to Pitris & One - Sati chose Shiva. #RigVeda
The Meeting of the Eyes; #Manaku 1750 at Guler. One of the three paintings where Manaku’s name is inscribed; “Manaku ki likhi” (Painted by Manaku)
At SDMA
#Manaku From Bhagavata Purana Series, 1740; The power of darkness; Brahma creates ghosts and goblins and creatures that we might think belong to the imagination. At State Museum, Lucknow
#Hanuman brings the Sanjeevani. #Ramayan; 1790 Next Gen of #Nainsukh. At MetMuseum
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#Kota 1831; Maharao Kishor Singh of Kota in worship. At Museum, Fort Kota.
Prabodhini- Celebtating the end of four months of Vishnu’s sleep.
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