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Group of ladies, wearing #saree or #sari
Based on painting by MV Dhurandhar
@CSMVSmumbai

women at well drawing water
chromolithograph by William Simpson, 1867
well was a centre of village life. Women drew water from common wells and carried pitchers on head
from @britishlibrary
painting? here man is also shown?

A Fisher Woman of Bombay
Painting by M. V. Dhurandhar
Poverty? She besides helping in fishing marketing/selling processing, women wife also churning yarn if not for cloth then for fish nets?
Still labour statistics nit include contribution of women in labour force participation?

reminds Old Golden days of festivities particularly in present #COVID19 situation, all SOP & #SocialDistancing has to be followed to celebrate with safety
Watercolour PAintinjg of three women, two drummers before shrine of Krishna, from Manipur style, c. 1870 @britishlibrary

बाहुबली भीम और हिडिम्बा
Bheem and Hidimba
Painting by Raja Ravi Varma
RRV Press

Keechak and Draupadi as Sairandri सैरन्ध्री सैरन्द्री?
Painting Oleograph by Raja Ravi Varma

this basket type i used to lift water from one are to other, by swift swing actions both partners synchronize their movement to lift water & then release force to pour water other side
most common method for irrigation
what it is called?

Capture of sikandarabad!
93rd Highlanders entering breach in wall of Secunderbagh, Lucknow, 16th November 1857 during Indian Mutiny
William George Drummond Stewart, at charge awarded with Victoria Cross, in total 18 VC awarded on that day, largest ever,
6 on 93rd Highlanders

Purusha (Hindu Primordial Figure)
often we hear in Vastu Shastra about Vastu purush?
18th century painting from #Nepal
@ global Nepali museum
what could have been depicted? why snake? various kundalini? zodiac signs?

Krishna as Shrinathji, brought to Mewar for safekeeping it during time of Aurangzeb
Painting from NATHDWARA, MEWAR, CIRCA 1880
@ChristiesInc lot159