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These are called Happy & Smiling Elephants. 🐘

Sultan Ibrahim ‘Adil Shah II in Procession; painting by the school of Ali Riza, Bijapur, early 17th century.

She never returned or asked for anything to people of Ayodhya. She gave birth and raised her children independently but when again people asked for the Agni-Pareeksha, she not only openly rejected it but also decided to leave this material world.

"I am a Hindu, we're not the people of the book, we're the people of the library."

― An introduction to Saraswati

Wishing all a happy #BasantPanchami and #SaraswatiPuja..🙏

There are many Mughal miniatures of emperors holding spinels.

Spinels look like rubies but they aren’t, they were prized by the Mughals for their talismanic qualities in battle. Many are inscribed with names of emperors.

Timur Spinel (Pic 4) is said to be the largest one.

Today on 22nd Jan 1666, Shahjahan passed away.

Various artists, One event with varied imagery.
Pic 1:- M.A. Rahman Chughtai's version
Pic 2:- Abanindranath Tagore's version.
Pic 3:- Sir Cecil Burns version.
Pic 4:- Unknown Artist's version.

#InterestingFact :-
It's been 40 years since UP had a CM with a Moustache.
Last one was Dr. VP Singh from 1980-82.
#UPElection2022

If you study Sri Krishna, you'll see that he is a Painter's face, a figure with many postures, for Poets, a theme with deep depth.
For Devotees, he is the supreme deity, for Philosophers,the ultimate truth. For lovers he is the most lovable & for Yogis, the ultimate Karma Yogi.

The Death of Tipu Sultan - One event but different versions of paintings.

1. By David Wilkie, 1843.
Source : @Sothebys

2. By Henry Singleton, c.1800
Source: @Sothebys

3. By Samuel William Reynolds, 1800.
Source: @britishlibrary

4. An engraving from 1804.

Garuda in indian art form.
As we all know Garuda is vahana of Sri Vishnu.
I'm not sure why Garuda is referred to as an Eagle. An Eagle is a bird while Garuda is a half man - half bird creature.
Can anyone explain??

Came across few mughal paintings depicting people wearing spectacles.

I always wondered, what ancient indians (Indus people, Maurya era or Gupta era) used or did to overcome their eyesight problems?