AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAMAYANA SERIES: RAMA, LAKSHMANA, BHARATA AND SHATRUGHANA WITH THEIR BRIDES
AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAMAYANA SERIES: RAMA, LAKSHMANA, BHARATA AND SHATRUGHANA WITH THEIR BRIDES

KANGRA OR MANDI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1830-40

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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAMAYANA SERIES: RAMA, LAKSHMANA, BHARATA AND SHATRUGHANA WITH THEIR BRIDES
KANGRA OR MANDI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1830-40
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Rama and his younger brothers with their brides accompanied by musicians being welcomed by ladies, the sage Narada observing from amidst the clouds above, with narrow floral blue border, 4 ll. of nasta'liq in black ink and various inventory numbers in pencil and red ink on the reverse
8 X 11 ½in. (20.3 x 29.2 cm.)

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The ladies in the palace are depicted welcoming the newly-weds, four brothers married four sisters. After Rama married Sita; Rama’s younger brothers, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughana were married to Sita’s younger sisters, Bharata to Mandavi, Lakshmana to Urmila and Shatrughana to Shrutakirti.

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