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Bhairavi Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
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Artist | Anonymous |
Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Spatial Coverage | Himachal Pradesh Mandi |
Temporal Coverage | Circa 1640 |
Description | A female devotee is worshiping at a Shaiva shrine inside a palace compound, with a lotus pond in the foreground. She has placed an offerings of fresh flowers on the linga and, as we know from the ragamala verse written above, is singing hymns in praise of her Lord, accompanied by hand cymbals (manjira). Intense, glowing colors underscore the true theme of this subject, the passion of devotion (bhakti). |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
Subject Keyword | Himachal Pradesh Mandi Ragamala Ragini Pahari Miniature Painting Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Painting |