Showing posts with label Images. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Images. Show all posts

Friday, August 16, 2019

Image: Sita, Indian puppet theater



Image source: Sita, Indian puppet theater (Andra Pradesh)




Image: Vishnu on Garuda



Image Source: Wikipedia. Vishnu on Garuda (Bali).




Image: Vishnu with Demons



Image Source: Wikipedia. Vishnu with Demons Madhu and Kaitabha



Image: Rama's coronation



Image source: Rama's coronation.
Even the gods are in attendance:
you can see Shiva and Brahma in the front,
and Ganesha is also there in the back.


Saturday, February 16, 2019

Image: Rama, Laksmana and Sugriva



Rama, Laksmana and Sugriva
(British Library: Mewar Ramayana)

From the Library site: Sugriva has been brought to his senses and has come with his court to Rama's cave on the Prasravana mountain. Rama, Laksmana and Sugriva are seated on a rocky eminence of pinky brown, with a jade background, with other monkeys below them. Sugriva divides his forces and sends them out to search the four quarters for Sita. He sends Hanuman and his nephew Angada to search the southern region. Convinced that the sagacious and mighty Hanuman will locate Sita, Rama gives him his ring as a token that Hanuman is his messenger. Around them monkeys spring forth to the other three quarters. This is the most dramatic of the paintings in this book; especially effective is the way the springing monkeys are painted against an almost black background.

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Image: Anjani and Hanuman



Anjani Mata and Hanuman
(image source)

From the source: An idol of Anjani Mata having son Hanuman in her lap in the Anjani Mata temple, Choumu, taken during Pad Yatra 2008.


Image: Hanuman carrying Rama and Lakshmana



Hanuman
Anjaneya Temple Tumkur
(Image source)

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Image. Hanuman




Hanuman
by Shanti Devi

Bihar, India (20th century)

Image: Hanuman



Hanuman
by Annapurna Devi

Nepalese (20th century)
(FiveColleges.edu)


Image: Hanuman




Image: Hanuman carries the mountain



Hanuman carries the mountain
(statue in Orissa, India)

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Image: Hanuman carries the mountain



Hanuman carries the mountain
(Wikimedia)

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Image: Battle of Lanka



The battle of Lanka
Ravana wounds Lakshmana; Hanuman attacks Ravana
(British Library: Mewar Ramayana)

From the Library site: Ravana has sent out his mightiest warriors to fight the monkey leaders in single combat, but each in turn has been destroyed. He himself took the field, fighting many of the greatest warriors in turn, until he was faced by Laksmana. Pierced in his breast by Ravana's spear, Laksmana falls unconscious to the ground. Meanwhile Hanuman rushes to Ravana's chariot and strikes him with his fist. Ravana reels from this great buffet and falls in a faint. Hanuman picks up Laksmana and carries him tenderly off the battlefield to Rama, at whose feet he lays him down.

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