Pilgrimage – Pata
The famous Vishwanatha Temple of Varanasi and it surrounding temples are painted on this Shaivite pilgrimage cloth
Mewar, Rajasthan
Circa 1700
In the collection of National Museum

#Banaras #KashiKeModiJi #varanasi
#VishwanathaTemple #art #visual

aisa dekha nahi #khubsurat koyi
jism jaise #ajanta ki murat koyi
jism jaise nigaho pe jadu koyi
#jism nagma koyi, jism khushbu koyi
jism jaise machalti huyi ragini...

-The Work of an Artist By Abdur Rahman Chughtai
watercolour
22 x 11 in.

🖼️© MutualArt.

#art istidn
#art

Artists preparing yellow colour from cow dung
-In medieval India cows were fed with sunflowers containing yellow pigments which passed into their urine and dung. Later by boiling such cow dung artists used to obtain the powder of yellow pigments.
-Mewar, Rajasthan
Circa. 1850
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The playful interactions between Radha and Krishna are richly depicted in texts such as the Bhagavata Purana, the Gita Govinda.

-Radha is being Cajoled by the Playful Krishna - Lithograph Print, Chore Bagan Art Studio, Calcutta (Kolkata), Circa 1895

🖼️: British Library

A Sword Dance performed before the King and Queen in India, 1911.

Went to the Gali of #Heeramandi BhansaliProductions,offers opulent cuisine crafted with premium ingredients, yet falls short in delivering a satisfying taste experience.
I love the performance of Manisha Koirala 👑 #SonakshiSinha 💎Aditi Rao Hydari 🇮🇳
RichaChadha🪷 #sanjidasheikh 🪽
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Bhed Jiya Ke Sab Kholega...
Subha Papiha Jab Bolega....
Laaj Sharam Se Mar Jaaungi...
0o Laaj Sharam Se Mar Jaaungi Main...

O Saiyaan Hatto Jaao
Tum Bade Wo Ho..
O Saiyaan Hatto Jaao
Tum Bade Wo Ho...

-Keshava Das's 'Rasikapriya': The Shy Nayika, Mughal period,Indian
about 1615

Portrait of Vishnu's sixth avatar #Parashurama . He is believed to be one of the Chiranjivis (Immortals), who will appear at the end of the Kali Yuga to be the guru of Vishnu's tenth and last incarnation, Kalki.
#ParshuramJanmotsav #ParshuramJayanti

Portrait of India's first #PM Pandit Nehru
(BUST) By Sir Jacob Epstein (1880 - 1959)
Bronze,Conceived and cast 1948
Exhibited in Fifty Years of Bronzes and Drawings by Sir Jacob Epstein,Leicester Galleries,London,June 1960, no. 45
© PUNDOLE'S
#Congress KeBabbarSher #Congress

Draupadi at the Court of Virat
Raja Ravi Varma 1897

This was the first picture Raja Ravi Varma was commissioned to be painted for the Picture Gallery at Trivandrum.

© The Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation

#Mahabharat

12th Century Sandstone stele with 255 small figures of Vishnu carved on each of its four faces

© ACM (Asian Civilisations Museum)

In the tale of Infant Krishna, the mischievous god defeats the demoness Putana by sucking the life out of her breast, saving his village from her wicked intentions.
-An Illustration to the Bhagavata Purana: The Infant Krishna slays the Demoness Putana, India, Guler, C. 1780-90