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A nautch girl sitting at the feet of two memsahibs & singing by SC Belnos c.1820
painting
but elders told not every woman used to dance? many were only singers-they never danced. Gauniharin गौनिहहारिन?
they sang Tume टुमैंं something like #Thumri
it reminded me of those singers

exquisite art of sculpture making!
we can never write the praise in words
for that we have folded hands🙏🙏 in praise of those great artisans-sthapaty?

sculpture art of India
see every inch of space is utilised properly aesthetically

Avad0045 #flickr https://t.co/I8PJ0CkxBd

anything common?
Gazi-Al-din Hayder
Moostafar ali khan, Oudh(awadh) royal 1850s?
crown seems closely related?
Painting did document lot of things of yore?

how peacefull is his darshan!

even it is in ruin whole ambiance emanates energy of peace!

what would have been effect if i stood there in it's full splendour

Buddha sculpture at Bharhut
photo with @britishlibrary
Beglar, Joseph David, 1875?

#BasantPanchami
#Basant at Mathura & Braj Vrindavan
celebration of colours starts today
BankeBihari ji
after 40 days Holi(phag) will be celebrated
May Vasant Panchami brings colours in all of your lives
peace & harmony

@britishlibrary great Gama Pahelwan had no match in wrestling

cock figth once a popular sport at Oudh, Lucknow as shown in film Shataranj ke Khiladi
a painting by Zoffany's Cock Match

bengalee women, an illustration said to be from "Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque?, Vol. I By Fanny Parkes?
is it true?
seems to be Patna kalam painting or murshidabad?

Vairochana/Mahavairochana #Buddha
Great Illuminator
Virochan means who illuminates-removes darkness by providing light, wisdom, knowledge
he is one of 5 Tathagat तथगत
rich tradition vhav
confused with Virochan, son of Prahlad
Liao dynasty, China, 11th century sculpture @metmuseum

Be it Mahavir, Buddha, Shiv or Vishnu
all are पूजनिय for us
सहिस्णु हैं हम
we are taught संस्कार to revere/respect learned souls-saints
Dharmapalak too
Maryada is to be maintained even in discontent
thnx to @metmuseum