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Add Or 501
- Record Id:
- 040-003269607
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003269596
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000013
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172972387.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 501
- Title:
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Bhima destroying Vakasura. Artist(s): Hanumanta Rao of Madanapalle (c.1900)
- Scope & Content:
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Bhima destroying Vakasura.
Inscribed on the reverse:
‘Bakasura Vadha
Bakasura a cruel Rakshasa came to the city of Ekachakranagaram and was every day killing number of human beings for his pray. Such being the case all the citizens assembled and requested him to provide everyday one carload of food and one human being. In this way they were giving him meals by turns. The Rakshasa was living in a building on the mountain near the city. Fortunatly Pandavas happened to come to this city and Bhima tore him of and hung him up to the gate on the mountain. Other Pandavas and citizens are ascending the mountain to see this. Written by H. Hanumanta Rao. Madanapalle Cuddapah Dt.’
h:16.5cm w:10.7cm
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003269596
040-003269607 - Is part of:
- Add Or 491-525 : Add.Or.491-525 35 drawings; 12 menu cards and 23 place-cards depicting scenes from the ‘Ramayana, Mahabharata’ and its…
Add Or 501 : Bhima destroying Vakasura. Artist(s): Hanumanta Rao of Madanapalle (c.1900) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003269596[0011]/040-003269607
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 491-525
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100172972387.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- South India/Cuddapah style
South Indian style - Start Date:
- 1899
- End Date:
- 1901
- Date Range:
- c 1900
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)