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#Chamba 1760; Lord #Shiva smeared with ash. At Cleaveland Museum
“I am the Brahman alone, which remains after the illusion of the existence of anything except that the self has been reduced to ashes by the fire at the time of dawning of right knowledge” - Bhasmajabala #Upanishad
#Kangra 1780; Shiva and Parvati
“They don't know the day is the dark's face,
and dark the day's.
A necklace of nine jewels lies buried, intact, in the face of the night;
in the face of day a tree
with leaves of nine designs. - cont 1/2
#Krishna holds #Govardhan Parvat to shield the people of #Braj from the tyranny of #Indra. From #Harivamsa Puran; #Mughal 1590, Lahore. At MetMuseum
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Guler 18th C; Vishnu with Lakshmi. After the Yog Nidra. At Reitberg Museum.
“This soul is of its own nature,
pure, composed of happiness and wisdom.
The properties of pain, ignorance and impurity,
are those of Prakriti, not of soul.”
—Vishnu Purana
Preparation for a #Sati of a Hindu woman on death of her husband. - sketch by Robert Melville Grindlay, 1803-26. Grindlay came to India in 1803 and became a lieutenant with the 7th Bombay native infantry. He later founded the #GrindlaysBank. British Library.
#Simla #Lithographs Four Views made by a British Lady Mrs.WLL Scott in 1850-52
1. Elysium Hill with #SterlingCastle and #Auckland House
2. #JakhooHill and Simla Cantonment area
3. #TaraDevi Temple
4. People dancing in front of Tara Devi Temple
#HimachalPradesh
#BhimakaliTemple at #Sarahan, #Himachal. A summer residence/capital of the erstwhile #Bushair rajas.This coloured “#aquatint” was made by Robert Havell & Son from the image made by James and William Fraser in 1815.
#Bilaspur 1740 #Vishwaroopa at SDMA; The #Cosmic form:
“Purusha is both immanent in the manifested world and yet transcendent to it. This causes the projection of the universe in space and time.” fm #PurushaSuktam of #RigVeda ~1500BCE
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#Mankot 1675-1700, ‘Sapta rikhi Brahmede putra’ In takri. The Seven Sages, all sons of Brahma. From Top Middle- Jamadagni, Gautam, Vashishta, Atri, Bhardwaj, Kashyap & Vishwamitra
https://t.co/UJREE7b5QB by Prof Goswamy
ChandigarhMuseum @dpanikkar @ssharadmohhan @Go_Movie_Mango