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THE JAGANNATH TEMPLE AT PURI AND THE HINDU PANTHEON
THE JAGANNATH TEMPLE AT PURI AND THE HINDU PANTHEON
THE JAGANNATH TEMPLE AT PURI AND THE HINDU PANTHEON
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THE JAGANNATH TEMPLE AT PURI AND THE HINDU PANTHEON

ORISSA AND ANDHRA PRADESH, EAST INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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THE JAGANNATH TEMPLE AT PURI AND THE HINDU PANTHEON
ORISSA AND ANDHRA PRADESH, EAST INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The first opaque watercolour on cloth, pasted onto card, the verso plain, mounted and framed, the second opaque pigments on paper, the painting (an illustration to the text) on the left and 44ll. black nasta'liq on the right, both pasted onto card, accompanying letter describing the scene from the British Museum
Jagannath Temple 18 1⁄8 x 14in. (46 x 35.5cm.); Hindu pantheon 20 1⁄8 x 13 1⁄8in. (51 x 33.3cm.)

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The first painting is a diagrammatic depiction shows the Jagannath temple at Puri, Orissa, in a schematic view. At the centre we see the shikara (tower) of the temple housing the Jagannath trio of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. The gods Brahma and Shiva are stood below in prayer. A very similar painting is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (IS.34-1978).

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