Indian Art

"Art is — representing the beautiful. There must be Art in everything." - Swami Vivekananda.

Wow..So Beautiful..😍😍 Radha-Krishna in a Traditional Bengali Attire. This sort of dress code is rarely seen. Looking like a perfect Bengali couple. 💕🙏

"Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable." ~ Bhagawad Gita Om Shanti ..🙏

Portrait of Jodha Bai.. 🎨🖌️ 19th century, @ChristiesInc Love the jewellery she's wearing. 📿🏵️

Damayanti Vanvasa by Raja Ravi Varma, 1894. 🎨🖌️ Abandoned by Nala, sitting helpless & alone in the forest, lost in her thoughts. Kaise lade muqadma unki yaad se, Yeh dil bhi vakil unka, yeh jaan bhi gawah unki...💕

Remembering the legendary playback singer #Mukesh ji on his birth anniversary. 💐🙏

The History of 64 Yogini temple of Hirapur, Odisha (A Thread) We know that mother goddess worship is the oldest form of religious practice of man. And India is perhaps the only place where this prehistoric tradition is not lost.

Remembering the brilliant lyricist #AnandBakshi ji on his birth anniversary. 💐🙏

Two Most Expensive Indian Paintings: 1. Portrait of Jahangir, 17th century, By Abu'l Hasan. Sold at £1.4 million in 2010 (over ₹13 crore). 2. Radha in Moon Light, By Raja Ravi Varma. Sold to a private collector for more than ₹20 crores in 2016.

It's fine if some girl wishes to have a Boyfriend/husband like #Shiva. If she gets then She shouldn't complain by saying "My Husband/Bf doesn't care." bcoz he actually doesn't. 😂 Love or hate, Nothing affects Shiva. He's Sat-Chida-nand. 🏵️ #ShivaBhakti

Iss Gaon ke usool mere angan mei bante hai, Yuhi humei Thakur nahi kehte..😎 Portrait of Thakur Utham Ram Date: ca. 1760, Rajasthan, Jhilai

In 790 CE, Jayavarman II founded the Khmer Empire in SE Asia. Widely accepted to be of Indo-Cambodian mixed origin, his paternal ancestor is still a mystery. Believed to be a Pallav prince, Chola prince or from a warrior merchant.

Mughals way of handling Protests. Aurangzeb prodding his elephants to trample the H¡ndus demonstrating in #Delhi against the re-imposition of Jizyah Tax (1679). #FarmerProtest

Recommended Diet for Hindus in India. 1885. Suggested by Surgeon-Major Joshua Duke - 3rd Punjab Cavalry. 1885. The last line made me laugh..😂

As the #AmarnathYatra begins, people should know that Amarnath caves weren't discovered in the 1850's. Devotees have been visiting there for centuries.

The 'MOST' Horrible sacking of cities by the Invaders. (A Thread) 1. Timur sacked Delhi in 1398, it is said he slaughtered a 100K people there. (Pic :-Timur defeats the Sultan of Delhi, Nasir Al-Din Mahmud Tughlaq 1397–1398, painting dated 1595–1600.) Cont.:-

#JitendraKumar & #AmolParashar, the two IITians who quit Engineering to pursue their acting career. If I were an IITian and told my father about quitting IIT, I would've got the thrashing of my life. 😂 #Panchayat #GramChikitsalay

Why Indian History books Must be Re-Written and taught in Schools?? 👇 #Mughals #NCERT

Dhumavati - One of the Ten Tantric goddesses. In many paintings, she sits in a chariot with nothing to pull it, which means she's a woman going nowhere. A chariot without wheels is a metaphor for life at a standstill. Dhumavati, c. 1880-1885.

WALL CALENDAR 📜 The Indian family life revolved around the calendar & which date, day of significance or moment was approaching or the days Milk man provided milk. Today, the calendar has disappeared almost completely from our lives as it has no utility left.

I'm wearing my first Indian-tailored jacket as a tribute to my Indian readers! And holding my historical novel about the 'Cousins' Wars' in fifteenth-century England, in which the two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty which had ruled the realm for 300 years tore each other…