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A lady at a linga shrine, illustrating the musical mode Bhairavi Raginifront

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A lady at a linga shrine, illustrating the musical mode Bhairavi Ragini

  • Description

    A lady sits chanting and playing cymbals beside the linga icon of Shiva within a shrine set in a rocky landscape with plantains and other trees. This page from a Ragamala (‘Garland of Ragas’) illustrates the musical mode Bhairavi.

  • Details

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    Series
    Garland of Ragas
    Associated place
    Asia › India › Deccan › north Deccan (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1675
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 55.4 x 40.1 cm (height x width)
    painting 26.5 x 22.2 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting › ragamala
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1999.
    Accession no.
    EA1999.22

  • Further reading

    Topsfield, A., ‘A Dispersed Ragamala from the Deccan’, Naval Krishna and Manu Krishna, eds, The Ananda-vana of Indian Art: Dr Anand Krishna Felicitation Volume (Varanasi: Indica Books, 2004), p. 325, illus. p. 325 pl. 9

Glossary (2)

Ragamala, Ragini

  • Ragamala

    Raga (feminine ragini) are musical modes, often represented by compositions of ladies, lovers, warriors, animals or gods, in series of Ragamala ('Garland of Ragas') paintings, a very popular artistic genre in north India and the Deccan c. 1500 - 1800.

  • Ragini

    Raga (feminine ragini) are musical modes, often represented by compositions of ladies, lovers, warriors, animals or gods, in series of Ragamala ('Garland of Ragas') paintings, a very popular artistic genre in north India and the Deccan c. 1500 - 1800.

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