A Thunderous Tryst'
c1760 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bundi #Rajasthan #India to be auctioned by Sotheby's on April 24
This depiction of two lovers reuniting for a clandestine tryst is a popular subject in #Kota & #Bundi #Painting from the 18-19th centuries. The present work depicts a warrior climbing a fortress to meet his lover unbeknownst to the sleeping guards while a storm approaches
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So, it rained in #Delhi #NewDelhi again.
April & May are usually dry months up in the North of #India
Effects of #ClimaticChange ?
This Important c1740 AD #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting by #Artist Nidha Mal was sold by Sothebys
#Mughal emperor #Jahangir's Wife #NurJahan & Mumtaz Begum Smoking a #Huqqa & Admiring #DelhiWeather from the Terrace of a Palace, with #QutubMinar Visible in Distant.
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Sage Narda at the Hermitage of Sage Valmiki Requesting him to write the Story of the #Hindu God Lord #Rama
Thus, he wrote the #Ramayana
c1825 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh now at National #Museum #NewDelhi #Delhi #India
Happy #RamaNavami (Birth of Lord Rama) to those celebrating today
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Sultan Muhammed Adil Shah of #Bijapur #Deccan with his #African Prime Minister Ikhlas Khan
Ikhlas was from #Ethiopia #Africa who came to #India in c1600 CE
Many of the immigrants who came from there rose to important positions in the courts of various courts of the #Indian Kingdoms.
This c1660 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting is now at Los Angeles County #Museum of #Art
#LACMA #IndianHistory #IndianHertitage #Artist #Histodons #History #Paintings #Museums #MastoArt #Heritage #Painting
Moon Sighting at the end of #Ramadan
"Hilal-i-Eid bar auj-i-falak huwaida shud".
(The new moon of #Eid has appeared in the sky)
Standing on ramparts of #RedFort #Delhi these words were uttered by the #Mughal ruler #Jahangir to his wife #NurJahan in c1605 AD
#EidUlFitr #EidMubarak to everyone.
This c1800 CE #MughalArt style #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh is now at Ashmolean #Museum UK.
#IndianHistory #Art #Artist #Histodons #Heritage #History #MastoArt #IndianHertitage
Here's wishing #EidMubarak to all those celebrating today.
As the month of #Ramadan (#Islamic fasting month) comes to an end, #Muslims worldwide thank the Almighty by offering prayers at Mosques & #Eid celebrations.
This c1750 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh #India is now at the Smithsonian #Museums, National #Asian #Art #Museum USA
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Today is #WorldHealthDay2024
Therefore, this c1680 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Basohli #Jammu or #Nurpur #HimachalPradesh #India of 'Royal Wrestlers' from a #Ragamala evoking the #Raga Malawa from the repository of Ashmolean #Museum UK now on view The Metropolitan Museum #Art USA exhibition 'Indian Skies: Howard Hodgkin Collection of #Indian Court #Paintings'
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The Making & Effects of Drugs'.
c1620 AD #MughalArt from #Lucknow #India sold by Sothebys on 26th April 2023.
Such subjects on the effects of #Drugs began to appear in #IndianMiniaturePainting in the 17th century, being influenced by Safavid #Persia where painted depictions of inebriated #Dervishes began to appear in the 16th century.
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A Gathering of #Dervishes
c1600 CE #MughalArt from #Delhi or #Agra from the Ashmolean #Museum (UK) collection now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of #Art (USA) exhibition 'Indian Skies : The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court #Paintings' on till the 9th June 2024.
#TheMet #Museums #IndianHistory #Mughals #IndianHertitage #MastoArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #Painting #Artist #Histodons #Religion #Islam #Sufi #Dervish #History #Heritage #MughalIndia #Mughal #MughalEmpire
#Delhi #NewDelhi & #DelhiNCR Records Temperatures of over 45°c.
To Beat the #DelhiHeatWave Drink plenty of Fluids like Butter Milk (Lassi).
It is Prepared by the Churning of Curd, whose Sound is Compared to a #Musical Mode 'Ragaputra Sarang' #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) like in this c1725 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting now at Bhuri Singh #Museum #Chamba #Punjab #HimachalPradesh #India
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Sharad Mohan