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Add Or 752
- Record Id:
- 040-003280124
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280121
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002927
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 752
- Title:
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Drawing for a wall-painting for Kartik and Diwali showing (a) Radha on a peacock, (b) the goddess Amanashya on a peacock, (c) Laksmi smiling.
- Scope & Content:
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Drawing for a wall-painting for Kartik (October to November) and Diwali showing (a) Radha on a peacock, (b) the goddess Amanasya on a peacock, (c) Laksmi standing.
Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Superstitious Decoration of Buildings: Panjab. Indian antiquary, Plate III. H. A. Rose. W. Griggs.’
By a Bania or Brahmin woman of Gurgaon, Haryana, c.1905.
Water-colour; 344 by 420 mm.
Note: Original drawings for pl.II in H.A. Rose’s article. Each mural is begun on the 4th and finished on the 8th of lunar Kartik (October to November). Radha is worshipped on the 8th of lunar Kartik by placing sweetmeats before it. Amanasya is worshipped at noon on the Diwali day by placing before it rice and milk which are afterwards given to Brahmins. Laksmi, as goddess of wealth, is worshipped at midnight on the Diwali day by placing money before it. An all-night vigil is kept.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280121
040-003280124 - Is part of:
- Add Or 750-753 : Add.Or.750-753 Four drawings of designs for auspicious paintings in village houses in Gurgaon (Haryana). By village women of…
Add Or 752 : Drawing for a wall-painting for Kartik and Diwali showing (a) Radha on a peacock, (b) the goddess Amanashya on a peacock, (c)… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280121[0003]/040-003280124
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 750-753
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Gurgaon style
Punjab style - Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1906
- Date Range:
- c 1905
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Hindu divinities