Ramayana in Pahari Miniature Painting

Author(s): Jutta Jain
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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The Rāmāyana In Pahari Miniature Painting
seen seated in the front hall of a small temple - of a style occuring in this way in Pahari miniatures - and pouring something with a hand-shaped spoon into the fire which is surrounded by arrows. Outside under a tree a goat with detached head is lying and four räksasi are approaching with more sacrificial goods. (Vālmiki VI, 80, 1-10). loc. : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, no. 19.24.3. not published elsewhere.
ill. 46 40. While offering to Agni a chariot drawn by four horses emerges out of the
fire. In the next scene in the right side of the picture Indrajit has mounted the newly acquired chariot and is driving off, while two raksasas are observing him standing under the tree in the middle of the picture serving as partition line. (Vālmiki VI, 80, 11-18). loc. : Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, no. 81-24. not published elsewhere.
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