Interested in history, art, people, culture. I am not a historian and never studied history beyond school.
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RAGAMALA SERIES: A man mounting a horse held by a groom is identified as SINDHU RAGAPUTRA OF SRI RAGA BILASPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1750 Claudio Moscatelli Collection, London. @Kautilya02 @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @IndiaArtHistory
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Goddess Durga destroying the buffalo demon, 9th/10 th cen CE
Kashmir/ Himachal Pradesh
© Cleveland Museum
Subho Saptami
Navaratri Day 7
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A Horse and Three Grooms
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
Attributed to the painter Mukhlis
India, Mughal
Circa 1575-90
"The reverse with Mughal Royal Library inspection notes, ownership seals and further inscriptions in black and red ink"
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Maa Durga,
19th cen,
Punjab hills, possible Mankot
©V_&_A
Subho Sasthi
Navratri Day 6
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Devi: The Great Goddess
Smithsonian: Dancing Bhadrakali Adored by the Gods.
the Tantric Devi series. India, Punjab Hills, Basohli, ca. 1660-70. Lent by a private collection on loan to Museum Rietberg, Zurich. @Kautilya02 @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @IndiaArtHistory @dpanikkar
18 armed Goddess #Durga on a Tiger/Lion from the Devi Mahatmya, 18th cen #Pahari. Several deities gather to offer their blessings. pic frm Princeton University Art Museum #Art #History #Navratri @PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @dpanikkar @Kautilya02
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British official Tom Raw at a #DurgaPuja by Sir Charles D'Oyly, 19th century.
Notice the dancers mughal inspired costumes. Also notice the attendant of Tom Raw. 😊
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Durga Mahishamardhini
Watercolour on paper
Label verso reading 'Pauranic Deities/Dasabhuja'
Dutch-Bengal school, 19th century
#DurgaPuja
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Pre-Vaishnava era Mahisasimardini Durga, Ambari, Guwahati
13-14th century
© Wikimediacommons
Subho Tritiya
Navratri Day 3
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Raja Sidh Sen's Vision of Maa (Savari?) Durga, ca. 1720. Attributed to the Mandi Master , Punjab Hills.
© Met museum
Subho Dwitya
Navratri Day 2
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Durga Mahisasuramardini (terracotta)
7th century , Uttar Pradesh,
Kushana period
©V_&_A
Subho Pratipad
Navaratri Day 1
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A woodpecker,
17th century
India
© Christie's
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Men & children watching a scene of Pigeon feeding in #Bombay #Mumbai late 1800s or early 1900s. Public Pigeon feeding has recently been banned due to health concerns. #History #VintagePhotography @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @DalrympleWill @mumbaiheritage @dpanikkar @Khaki_Tours
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A #Courtesan waiting for her clients with wine cups on a table. ca 1815.
Such was the craze for courtesans in #Lucknow that 19th cent. poet Mirza Ali Baig Dehalvi wrote:
"Kya janiye kya kasbiyon mei shahad ghula hai,
Ghar walio'n se khush koi shauhar nahi hota.."
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Goddess #Durga with her eight personified Shaktis:-
Jaya, Vijaya, Ratipriya, Jayavati, Kanchan Kundali, Surangini, Swarnmala & Vidravini.
ca 1810 CE, #Kangra School of Art, @NMnewdelhi.
Prosperous Indian merchant & his family in #Zanzibar #Tanzania. Perhaps from #Gujarat or #Maharashtra ? Late 1890s or early 1900s #History #VintagePhotography @PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @swativashishtha @DalrympleWill
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Nala seeks Damayanti in the forest ,
Punjab hills , Kangra, 1820-30, Met museum
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Building of the National Bank of India Ltd. in #Nairobi, #Kenya around 1910-15. A British bank which was banker to the Kenyan Govt. & had several offices in India too. #History #VintagePhotography @PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @swativashishtha @DalrympleWill
