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सूत कातना, कतली, चरखा कातना, बुनकर Weavers combing a warp & women reeling & spinning. from Boileau Album, painting by artists from Thanjavur (Tanjore) living in Madras dated 1785 @V_and_A
India has illustrious art & craft of textile fabric making, dyeing. Even cloth exported
Vaishya वैश्य महाजन सेठ shresthi श्रेष्ठी may be the word Chetti -Chetty or Chettiar is same, traders
but here man holding banana & his wife depicted
painter from Tanjore (Thanjavur), ca. 1840 @ExploreWellcome
word also used for agriculturist cattle breeder? or land owners?
company painting documented what aliens to India saw & amazed with?
different castes including snake charmer, brick-layer, basket-maker, potter & wives depicted here
could be from Tanjore or Thanjavur? sari from Tamil Nadu?
@ExploreWellcome
Basket weaver & his wife? she is carrying child tied to her back. Usual & common technic in our villages where women work all day in fields & outside home
painting from Tanjore (Thanjavur) ca. 1840 via @ExploreWellcome
company painting on caste costume of India
spinner? #women had been making yarn from cotton using Charkha in many villages, also made fabric cloth weaving yarns threads. from Manipur Malwa Nagaland to Kachipuram Kutch Kashmir Kaling too? beutifull painting depicts yarn making from South India- Tanjore or Madras
wife of Maratha courtier? doubt? such dress costume Maharashtrian will not agree! even man's dress too. may be painting done in Madras or Tanjore?
When will see 'him' (the one who can't be named), dressed like this?
c1780 AD #CompanyPainting of 'Pandaran of #Tanjore' now at @britishmuseum
A Tanjore #CompanySchool painting.
@ranjona @DalrympleWill @vijivenkatesh @swativashishtha @dpanikkar @RaiSwatiRai @Arthistorian18
After Days of Fine Weather, #Delhi Heat is Back & so is the Umbrella
This c1830 #CompanyPainting of "'A Bearer Holding a Fan' from #Madras" was sold by @bonhams1793 yesterday for £1000
@DalrympleWill doesn't it look like a #Vellore #Tanjore painting by #ForgottenMasters Yellapah?
from Boileau Album 1785 painting done at Madras, show fisherman taking out fish from Net & wife carrying fish in basket over her head @V_and_A wrongly captioned it as warrior? as detailed artist could be from Thanjavur (Tanjore)
net visible to catch fish swimming with stream
How many directions?
In our Bhartiya Parampara all directions are worshipped & have Dikpal
अष्टदिकपाल palak or God of 8 directions?
Indra Agni Yam niritti Varun Vayu Kuber Ishan? Are they in Vashtupurush of vashtushashtra
Painting, Karaikal Tanjore 1727 @GallicaBnF
वास्तु
1. Potter at work; wife carry basket of pots (from malabar?)
2. barber; man holds razor with bundle of implements at his waist; wife holds shallow bowl
3. washerman couple carrying bundles of clothes.
Painting from Tanjore @V_and_A 1830
couples; including bangle sellers & Pillai couple, Tanjore, ca. 1830
1. a couple
2. Bangle sellers
3. high caste non-Brahmin couple with caste name of Pillai
inscribed 'Gentoo Dubash & Gentoo Naidoo'
& 'Malabar Moodelear'
Painting, Tanjore, 1830 @V_and_A
3 couples; soldier, bird-catcher & hunter
Painting from Tanjore or Thanjavur, ca. 1830 @V_and_A
watercolour
#occupations professions
beautifull couple
Maratha man, richly dressed, seated under canopy enjoying scent of white rose, woman holding brightly plumed bird? his wife?
painting from Tanjore (Thanjavur), 19th Century @ExploreWellcome site says european style house?
i differ such खपरैल used previously too
wife giving betel leaf to husband, man & woman
painting from Tanjore (Thanjavur), ca. 1840 @ExploreWellcome
here too symbols or religious couple evident,
be whatever your profession, one must do duty-Karma with swamaryada & offering karma at feet of lord
its our Indian tradition
Dasrath wish to make Ram as heir thus discussed RajyaAbhisek with all
King, Ram & Vashishta
below r 3 brothers
bottom depicts all queens & wives of all 4 brothers
Painting in Ramayan album, Masulipatam (Andhra Pradesh) then Karikal (Tanjore), between 1727 & 1758 @GallicaBnF
Hanuman brings part of Himalayas, mount Dronagiri (Mahodaya) or Gandhamardhan hills as he couldn't locate Sanjeevani
below: Rama & Laxman recovered thus thank to Hanuman
Masulipatam (Andhra Pradesh) then Karikal (Tanjore), between 1727 &1758 from @GallicaBnF Ramayan
folkpainting?
The festive season is upon us soon, are you joining us this weekend to learn from the Masters? #Tanjore style, #Pattachitra, #Kangra and #Madhubani this weekend https://t.co/xdQoDY2CfJ
#lockdownart #indianart #heritage #culture #art #tradition #IncredibleIndia