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@V_and_A अनंतशयनी भगवान विष्णु क्षीरसागर विराजमान
सहस्त्रफन शेषनाग अनंत?
Lord Vishnu on SheshNaag or Ananta in Ksheersagar, Devi Maha Lakshmi too there.
Kalighat Painting from Kolkata, ca. 1850-1870
@V_and_A
though style of dress of devi Lakshmi & attendant seems Rajasthani? Rajputani?

बाबा भोलेनाथ Lord Shiv Mahadev with Devi Parvati Mahadevi
Hand-colored lithograph from Edward Moor's collections in "The Hindu Pantheon" 1810/ 3rd copy published 1864
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Kali or Kalan Mosque in Delhi; a watercolor painting by Seeta Ram, 1814-15 @britishlibrary
why it was called Black or Kali masjid?

basket-maker and his wife, ca.1870 Painting from Trichinopoly, company painting @V_and_A
#ecofriendly #crafts #handicraft of India
items for daily use were made but no pollution
renewable resources? of agro forestry by product?

पग घुंघरू बांध मीरा नाची रे।
मैं तो मेरे नारायण की, आपहि हो गई दासी रे।
लोग कहें मीराबाई भई बावरी, न्यात कहैं कुल नासी रे।।
विष का प्याला राणाजी भेज्या, पीवत मीरा हांसी रे।
मीरा के प्रभु गिरधर नागर, सहज मिले अविनाशी रे।।
Meera Bai sa🙏
reminded of this on seeing🙏wood sculpture

सपेरा snake charmer? Do these words convey meaning of what by sapera in Hindi we understand. It's no longer a सपेरों का देश। Bharat is now much ahead in many sectors.
Painting from James Skinner's album.

Khatris, Hindoo traders. Lahore
photo ca. 1859-1869
all were Hindu only earlier?

Dancing girl? why such name or term was used for professional dancers- they were artists, who earned livelihood by their art!
postcard showing dancer from Bombay, P Gerhardt?
tabla & Sarangi player accompanying her while standing, note the cloth tied to support instruments

Bayadere, La bayadère
European term for devadasi (Dancing girl?), female Hindu dancer, especially one at southern Indian temple?
borrowed from French bayadère:-"professional female dancer in India"
from Portuguese bailhadera "female dancer"
Dancer painting, 1840

@V_and_A 🙏
working #women shoulder double burden ( i shall use word responsibility) as these women to earn livelihood via occupations professions, had to carry children infants on back, tuff life they had as Basket-maker's wife too!
Painting, Trichinopoly @V_and_A
1. 1860-1870
2. 1870