Krishna playing the game of ball The scene is laid on the bank of the Jamuna. Krishna is throwing a ball at the gaol. There are some cowherds participating in the game. A little above, in the background, on the left a cowherd with three cows is seen. On the right, Krishna and Balarama are […]
Meeting of Rama and Parashurama The painting (size 24.8 x 15.9 cm) illustrates folio 76 of a large MS. of the Balakanda of Valmiki’s Ramayana, painted by Manohar for one Acharya Jasavant, in V.S. 1706 (A.D. 1649) at Udaipur in Rajasthan. To the left are Rama and his brothers on chariots accompanied by Dasaratha, who
The monkey Hanuman carries a herb mountain Sahibdin (fl. 17th century) was an Indian miniature painter of the Mewar school of Rajasthan painting. He was one of the dominant painters of the era, and one of the few whose name is still known today (another being the painter Manohar Das). Sahibdin was a Muslim, but that
Hanuman slays a group of demons; Rama and Lakshmana greet the monkeys and bears Series Title: Rama’s Journey Suite Name: Ramayana Creation Date: ca. 1770 Display Dimensions: 12 5/8 in. x 8 19/32 in. (32.1 cm x 21.8 cm)
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Rama and Lakshmana Meet Sugriva at Matanga’s Hermitage – Folio from a Ramayana (Adventures of Rama) Origin: India, Sub-Imperial Mughal, Agra Painting; Watercolor, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper Image: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.81 x 19.05 cm); Sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (28.26 x 18.73 cm)
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Rama, Lakshmana and Ravana yuddha Rama, Lakshmana and the monkeys defeat Ravana (detail). S ingle folio of the Ramayana from a magnificent album – attributed to the Kota Master, Rajasthan, Kota.
Rama and Sita setting up their hut in Panchvati (detail). For the first time nearly 120 paintings from the British Library’s lavishly illustrated 17th century Ramayana manuscripts. The Ramayana: Love and Valour in India’s Great Epic. The Mewar Ramayana manuscripts were produced between 1649 and 1653 for Rana Jagat Singh of Mewar in his court
Battle at Lanka, Ramayana, by Sahib Din. Battle between the armies of Rama and the King of Lanka. Udaipur, 1649-1653. “Sahib Din’s illustration shows in grisly detail a fierce landmark battle. It takes place between Rama’s army of monkeys and the King of Lanka’s army of demons, as Rama (together with the only other human,
A Mewar Ramayana manuscript. Sugriva sends out his monkey army to search for Sita. Rama gives Hanuman his ring as a token by which Sita.
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Folio from a Ramayana manuscript, text in Devanagari. Marwar, circa 1790. Gouache and gold on paper. 12.2 x 20.8cm Using continuous narrative two episodes from the Ramayana are told simultaneously: On the left Rama and Lakshmana request that Hanuman and Sugriva find Sita; on the right Hanuman has found Sita imprisoned in Lanka, underneath the