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A cooking scene, late 19th cen, Rajasthan © National Museum of Indian Art @swativashishtha @PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @IndiaArtHistory @Kautilya02

The Moon Goddess Chandi. Pahari School, India, circa 1810-1820 © Christie's @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @IndiaArtHistory @PunjabiRooh @MonaADhar @khushboo_bharat

Boddhisatva in contempletive pose, Jammu & Kashmir , 5th/6th cen ©MET museum @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @Kautilya02 @MonaADhar @IndiaArtHistory @punarutthana @AmitGuha2020 @searchkashmir

A boy(Manipur) in my residence did this infront of me (by seeing portraits pasted on the wall) which started as scribble and ended up something like this which many adults will fail. Extraordinary. Nobody guided him while he was doing this.

The childhood home of Rakhal Das Banerji, who unearthed Mohenjo Daro and making a connection to Harappa opened the door to the study of the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation, in Bongaon Bazar, Bongaon, North 24 Parganas.

Labubu dolls look spooky . They don't give positive energy either. A mindless buy !

The Chandamama trinity, the 3 great artists who created those memorable pictures in the magazine. Shankar, Veera Raghavan( Chitra) and Vaddadi Papayya Gaaru( VaPa). These 3 men were with Chandamama since the start, bought alive our Puranas, Janapadas( folk tales) with their…

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.

Culture of Manipur is so Beautiful 💚🩵

You would have grown up reading Chandamama as a kid, and would have loved reading Vikram-Vetala stories, and that iconic image. Today is Jayanti of the artist behind that image Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran, or better known as Artist Shankar. Hailing from a village…

The half-turned foot is so graceful, and the dancing anklets seem so real that, for a moment, you forget they are carved in stone. This is a tribute to the masterful craftsmanship of the nameless sculptors of ancient Bharat (भारत), India. Hoysaleshwara Temple, Karnataka

Lady writing a letter, Chamba Kalam of Pahari School of Art, Dateline unknown, Bhuri Singh Museum, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh @ssharadmohhan @IndiaArtHistory @PunjabiRooh

A young Raja Bhup Singh / Bhup Chand, 18th century #Pahari #Guler #Kangra pic from @ChristiesInc #Art #History @DalrympleWill @dpanikkar @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @swativashishtha @Kautilya02 @AmitGuha2020

Lord #Hanuman carrying Lord #Rama & Lakshmana on his shoulders. 19th century #Rajasthan from @ChristiesInc #Art #History @swativashishtha @DalrympleWill @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @dpanikkar

Cowherds seek Krishna’s protection from rain. Kulu ca.1700. This incident takes place just before Hari raises Mt Govardhana. Bhagavat Puran 10.24. #umbrella galore @DalrympleWill @IndiaArtHistory @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @AmitGuha2020

Stupa Plaque Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh 1st BCE to 8th CE Currently @MuseeGuimet The presence of Siddhartha on his horse, Kanthaka, is suggested by chhatri and chauri bearers and worshippers. Ganas hold Kanthaka’s hooves so as to muffle the noise and hide Siddhartha’s flight.

Now show me a more beautiful sculpture depicting #Shringar. The pose, the expression, the ornaments, the dainty figure. Surely, you'll be spell bound for minutes if not more...❤ Rani ka Vav, Patan, #Gujarat

Vintage 1874 photo of the Prongs Lighthouse, #Mumbai. One reference mentions its construction cost as £60000/-. It opened in 1874 pic frm @SMU_Libraries #History #Bombay #VintagePhotography @mumbaiheritage @mumnowandthen @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @swativashishtha

Moon through the clouds.

After a wait of 26 years, Mizoram's capital Aizawl will be connected to the Indian Railways network. Northeast was never too far, it was just too ignored.