Bhishma took an oath, to surrender his right to the throne, to get the fisher girl married to his father Shantanu. Satyavati, brought up by a fish chieftain, agrees to marry Shantanu on the condition that their children would inherit the throne, thereby denying Devavrata, Shantanu’s son his rightful place. Shantanu doesn’t agree to it […]
King Shantanu falls in love with Matsyagandhi (Satyavati). King Shantanu is captivated by Satyavati or Matsyagandha and wants to marry her. Their liaison later set the stage for the epic Mahabharata. Satyavati, brought up by a fish chieftain, agrees to marry Shantanu on the condition that their children would inherit the throne, thereby denying Devavrata,
The childhood of Saravadamana is depicted in this Picture. Sarvadamana was the son of Dushyanta and Sankuntala. Sarvadamana later becomes Emperor Bharata (Sanskrit: भरतः). He was the first to conquer all of Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named after him as Bhāratavarṣa. Bharata, the son of Sakuntala, after her love
Mandodari, the chief wife of Lanka king Ravana, is depicted standing in front of a Shiva temple. She is giving alms to a poor man, reflecting her caring and pious nature.
Urvashi Pururava is an oleograph depicting Urvashi, the most beautiful apsara, abandoning her husband, Pururavas, a king in Hindi mythology. Another love story bordering on a tragic, abrupt end. The beautiful celestial apsara Urvashi is sent down from the heavens and King Pururavas falls in love with her. She agrees to his proposal of marriage
Shankar painting by Raja Ravi Varma is one of his iconic humanization of Hindu gods & goddesses. The painting was further reprinted by Raja Ravi Varma Press of Lonavala for commercial usage by Anant Shivaji Desai of Moti bajar, Mumbai (Maharastra, India). In this painting, Lord Shiva is sitting in the middle with his wife
Opaque water color painting of Shiva’s attendant Adhikara Nandi, a youthful figure with a bull’s head. He holds some of Shiva’s attributes: in his upper right hand he carries the damaru (hourglass shaped drum) and in his upper left the mriga (gazelle), while his lower right hand is in abhaya and the lower left in
