cover image: Bhakta Ratnawali

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Bhakta Ratnawali

A Rajasthani style of painting, created on paper using watercolors. The painting depicts an illustration from Bhakta Ratnawali. It shows on the top left corner four armed Vishnu seated inside a pavilion. Another four armed figure stands before him with two of his hands folded. On the right side corner a brahman is offering something to seated Vishnu. In the central pavilion two ladies are engaged in conversation. Above is seen Vishnu in a Viman resembling a bird. Below on the left corner two persons are engaged in religious discourse and a man stand beside them. On the right side a brahman and a Rajput are engaged in worship. On the extreme right a lady is seated inside a pavilion. In this painting, some people are in dhoti, uttariya, mukut on his head and jama and the ladies are dressed in ghanghara choli and odhani.
miniature painting rajasthani painting
Identifier
AM-MIN-1264
Material
Paper
Pages
40.64 x 25.4 cm
Published in
Mewar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Type
Miniature Painting