#Hindu God His wife Parvati & sons #Ganesh, Kartikeya and Nandi the Sacred Bull
c1745 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at Victoria and Albert #Museum, London
Probably from the family workshop of #Nainsukh & #Manaku (?)
#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Hinduism #IndianHistory #Art #IndianMythology #Painting #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodons
Gambhira #Raga
(Not navigating the rain-water logged roads in #Delhi after the #DelhiRains)
From a c1790 CE #Pahari #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) #IndianMiniaturePainting by a Master of the first Generation of #Artist after #Manaku & #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh from the “Second Guler Ragamala series” now at #Museum Rietberg, Zurich
#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #ArtHistory #Heritage #History #Paintings #artoftheday #IndianClassicalMusic #MastoArt #Histodons #Museums
Finally #DelhiRains & some respite from the sweltering heat (humidity continues to be very high)
In this c1760 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from the large #Guler #HimachalPradesh or #Basohli #Jammu Bhagavata Purana attributed to #artist of 1st Generation after #Nainsukh & #Manaku 'Lord #Krishna & Gopies Shelter from a Storm'
Sold by Christie's on March 20 for $50,500
#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Hinduism #climatechange #Histodons #MastoArt #climatecrisis #paintings #ArtHistory
Lord #Krishna & the Cow Herders Return on Cow-dust on a #WorldMilkDay in this c1775 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra (#Punjab Princely Hill State) attributed to the #Artist #Manaku of #Guler #HimachalPradesh #India
This #Painting is from a Bhagavata Purana series now at Harvard Art #Museum, USA
#Art #Heritage #IndianHistory #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #History #MastoArt #Histodons #Paintings #Museums #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #IndianMythology #Literature
'Dancing Villagers' on #InternationalDanceDay
April 29th is celebrated as International Dance Day
This c1730 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting is by #Artist Pandit Seu (1680-1740) of #Guler #HimachalPradesh (#Himalayan #Punjab)
Pandit Seu was the father of the famous artists #Manaku & #Nainsukh
This #Painting is now at #LACMA Los Angeles County #Museum of #Art USA
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons #Museums #History #Heritage #Paintings #Dance #Entertainment #Himalayas
A Lady on a Swing
#GoodMorning everyone from #Delhi
A very pleasant morning as #DelhiRains
This c1800 CE delicately executed #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Punjab Hills is in the style typical of 2nd generation #Artist from the #Nainsukh & #Manaku family from #Guler #HimachalPradesh
This #Painting from the collection of Toby Falk was sold by Christies for £18,900 on 27th Oct 2023.
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Histodons #History #Heritage #Art #MastoArt #Spring #India
Bhakti Movement's Saint cum Poet Guru Ravidas (1267-1335 AD) at work as a Shoemaker
#Ravidas greatly influenced the #Sikh #Religion & his compositions are found in the #GuruGranthSahib the holy book of #Sikhism
c1800 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting by a Master #Artist of 1st generation after #Nainsukh & #Manaku of #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at #Museum Rietberg, Zurich
#RavidasJayanti #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons
#Punjab Hill State #India
#DelhiRains
At 126 millimetres, it is the wettest July-day in 20 years!
Floods, traffic jams, uprooted #Trees, electrocution deaths etc, #Delhi has it all (so much for calling #India a #G20 nation).
In this c1820 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #Punjab Hills #HimachalPradesh now at #Museum of Fine #Arts Boston 'Radha & #Krishna Shelter from the Storm'.
#Artist: 1st generation after #Manaku & #Nainsukh
#IndianHeritage #Hinduism #Religion #Art #IndianHistory #History #Heritage
A Blind Man's Bluff or, Hide & Seek!
I remember playing this game during my childhood days. Do you?
In this c1775 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh by a master #Artist of the 1st Generation after #Nainsukh #Manaku of #Guler #Punjab Hills #India 'Lord #Krishna Plays it with Fellow Cowherds'
Sold by Christie's on 22 Sept 2021 for US$ 75,000
#Art #IndianHistory #AncientIndia #MastoArt #Paintings #IndianCulture #IndianHeritage #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #Painting
The Creation of Rahu, the Headless Demon of #Eclipses by Mohini, an #Avatar of God #Vishnu, who Gobbles up the Sun & Moon to Satisfy his Hunger, as he did today by Eating the Sun & casing a #SolarEclipse
#AncientIndian #IndianMythology
from 'Bhagavata Purana'.
c1770 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from family workshop of #Manaku & #Nainsukh of #Himalayan kingdom of #Guler #HimachalPradesh #India (#Punjab) sold by Christie's on 25 June 2020 for £112,500.
Sharad Mohan