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तुम्हें देखा है मैने गुलसितां में
कि जन्नत ढूंढ ली हैं इस जहाँ मे
Reminds song from film chandan ka palna चन्दन का पालना
from Nayaka Nayika bhed, A loving couple, on a palace terrace at Hyderabad late 18th Century painting
Radha Krishna
painting by Md. Abdur Rahman Chughtai, one of the painter of Indian school of painting, after 1947 became Pakistani
Trivikramapada (Three Steps of Vishnu)
c. 1890 Kalighat Painting, Kolkata,
Watercolor, graphite, ink, & tin on paper @ClevelandArt
such a small invisible being can become so huge, engulfing whole #Globe this #coronavirus, now almighty need to take some roop to destroy devil
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भगवान वराह Varaha, avatar of Vishnu
Painting from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, circa 1720
Vishnu holds lotus, conch, mace (gada) & Sudarshan chakra, lifting पृथ्वी भूदेवी #earth to the safety, with Hiranyaksha subdued under his feet
lot41 @ChristiesInc of 2016
Gauri Ragini
lady playing been-veena
from ragmala series
Painting by Nainsukh, ca. 1770 @SDMA
Bhupali Ragini
from Ragamala series
North Deccan, possibly Burhanpur, Circa 1670-80
via #asianart
longing emotion at core, personified by lady waiting for lord
amalgamation of Rajput & deccani styles
Provenance: Bourelier collection, France
A Lady at her Toilette with attendant
19th century. Painting from Jodhpur
Bequest of RM & CH Berndt, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of western Australia
these were imaginary scenes painted by painters to please patrons
सावन की ऋतू आई री प्रीतम घर नहीं आये
Proşitapatika Nayika-Lady whose beloved is absent
19th century. Painting from Jaipur
Bequest of RM & CH Berndt, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of western Australia
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
Mahant fanning Elokeshi, Tarakeshwar murder case, watercolour & tin alloy on paper, Kalighat Painting, Kolkata, ca. 1880 @V_and_A
priest dressed in dhoti-shawl & cooling her with fan
incidentally i had read elokeshi story in Hindi magazine Navneet in 1983, image lingered
Shakuntala seeks blessing from sage Kanva, who blesses her union with Dushyanta
Her friends-Sakhi shown with flower baskets
photo from @britishlibrary
from Kirloskar production, Shakuntala, early 1880s. Source: Mujumdar’s
Annasaheb Kirloskar Yanche Caritra(1904)
marathi theatre