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On Bonhams upcoming sale on May 21, this c1760 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting attributed to #Artist Fattu or a follower of #Manaku of #Guler #HimachalPradesh of 'Lord #Krishna & Gopis (Cow-herders) Forcing their way out of the Mouth of the Snake-Demon Aghasura and Killing it'.
An illustration from the large #Basohli Bhagvata Puran.
Estimated price £100,000-150,000.
#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #IndianMythology #Religion #Hinduism #IndianHistory #Hertage #History #MastoArt #Histodons
When mythology is presented as history, or belief as science, disagreement becomes fraught. It is no longer a question of evidence. It becomes a question of identity, says Harikrishnan S https://english.mathrubhumi.com/columns/science-authority-and-the-drift-of-public-reason-duo4cah0?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Science #IndianMythology #Controversy
Digital Author Reimagined: Tripathi's Avatar Fronts New Content Slate
AI avatar of author Amish Tripathi to present new digital content on Indian history and mythology. Launching April 2026.
#AmishTripathiAI, #DigitalContent, #IndianMythology, #AIinMedia, #Storytelling
https://newsletter.tf/amish-tripathi-ai-avatar-new-digital-content/
An AI avatar of author Amish Tripathi will now present new digital content. This is a new way to share Indian stories using technology.
#AmishTripathiAI, #DigitalContent, #IndianMythology, #AIinMedia, #Storytelling
https://newsletter.tf/amish-tripathi-ai-avatar-new-digital-content/
An illustration to the #Ramayana
'The Miraculous Birth of Lord #Rama and His Brothers'
c1830 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Jammu from the Zimmerman family collection sold by Sotheby's on 24th March, 2026
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Heritage #Art #Painting #Religion #Hinduism #IndianHistory #IndianMythology #MastoArt #Histodons
c1770 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Nurpur #HimachalPradesh now on display at Nehru Gallery (Room no. 41) of Victoria and Albert Museum, London of 'Lord #Krishna & Radha Celebrating the #Holi Festival, Throwing Colors at one another'
#HappyHoli to all those celebrating Holi.
#FestivalOfColors #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #Painting #IndianMythology #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #Festival #HoliCelebration #MastoArt #Histodons
'Ladies with Fireworks on a Terrace'
c1730 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kishangarh #Rajasthan from the collection of Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan to be auctioned by Christie's on 28th October, 2025, estimate £80,000-120,000.
#HappyDiwali (Festival of Lights) to all those celebrating today.
#Art #Diwali #Festival #Painting #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #indianmythology #IndianFestivals #ArtOfTheDay #History #Heritage #Religion #Hinduism #Histodons #MastoArt
A 19th century Wood-Carved figure of #Ravana from #Bali #Indonesia now at British #Museum London
On #Dussehra today, the Victory of the Good over the Evil
#TheGoldenRoad #HappyDussehra #Ramayana
#IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #History #Art #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodond #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #FestivalsOfIndia #ArtHistory #HinduismAbroad #Museums
An 18th century intricately carved image (of Ivory) of #Ravana from South India and now at British Museum
Wishing a #HappyDussehra to those celebrating
#RavanaDahan #Ravanaprabhu #Dussehra #DussehraCelebration
Dusehra is a #HinduFestival which is celebrated by the #Hindus to mark the victory of Good over Evil. It was on the day that the Demon King Ravana was defeated by #Hindu God Rama
#IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #Art #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #Hinduism #Religion #Histodons
Dancing Ganesha
10th cent. Red Stone statue from the Kalachuri Dynasty of #MadhyaPradesh shows Him holding His Broken Tusk with which He writes #Ramayana
#Hindu God Lord #Ganesha is worshipped in #India & South-east Asia as a remover of Obstacles (#TrumpTariffs ?) & for grant of Wealth & Success
Now at #TheMet (Metropolitan #Museum of #Art)
#IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #History #Heritage #AncientIndia #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt
#Caturday special!
This #Photograph from an 8th century #Hindu Bhagirata temple in Mahabalipuram #TamilNadu #India built by the Pallavi Dynasty shows a #Cat doing a fake #Yoga to deceive the Mice!
#ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Heritage #IndianMythology #Hustory #Hinduism #IndianHeritage #Art #ArtOfTheDay #photography #MastoArt #Histodons
#Hindu God His wife Parvati & sons #Ganesh, Kartikeya and Nandi the Sacred Bull
c1745 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at Victoria and Albert #Museum, London
Probably from the family workshop of #Nainsukh & #Manaku (?)
#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Hinduism #IndianHistory #Art #IndianMythology #Painting #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodons
Fear not, I am here!
c1725 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #HimachalPradesh or #Jammu #India sold by Sothebys on 28th Sept. 2024
#HanumanJanmotsav #HanumanJayanti2025
(Birth Anniversary of #Hindu Monkey-God Lord #Hanuman) is being celebrated today
#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #IndianMythology #HanumanChalisa #HanumanJayanti #Art #Religion #Hinduism #History #Heritage #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons
#Hindu Goddess #Durga fights the Bull Demon #Mahishasura as #Mahishasuramardini in this c1750 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh (#Nainsukh #artist family)
#DurgaPuja #Navratri #ChaitraNavratri #HinduNewYear
Navratri ushers in the New Hindu Lunar New Year and the beginning of the year 2082 (also known as Vikram Samvat)
#ArtHistory #Celebrations #IndianHeritage #Hinduism #IndianHistory #artoftheday #Art #MastoArt #Histodons #History #Heritage #IndianMythology
An #IndianMiniaturePainting so beautiful that it is someone's screen saver!
(It IS the famous #ArtHistory specialist William Dalrymple's)
#Hindu God Lord #Shiva tests His Archery Skills while riding the Nandi Bull
This astounding c1825 AD #Pahari #Painting from #Guler or #Chamba #HimachalPradesh #India is now at Indian #Museum #Kolkata
#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #Himalayas #History #MastoArt #Histodons #Heritage #IndianMythology #Punjab Hill State #ArtOfTheDay
The Manifestation of Sadashiva
c1820 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra now at Bhuri Singh Museum #Chamba #HimachalPradesh
The inscriptions identify the Heads of #Hindu Lord #Shiva as (l to r): Ishana, Tattvapurush, Sadyojata, Anghora & Vamadev of which Vamadev is more widely known worldwide as associated with Kama Sutra
Today is #Shivratri, His Wedding with Parvati
#Hinduism #Religion #IndianMythology #IndianHistory #Art #MastoArt #Histodons #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #History
Archaeoethnologica: Ravenous Hyenas & Wounded Suns - Book / Hienas vorazes e Soles Feridos - Livro
INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/10/hienas-vorazes-e-soles-feridos.html
#HistoryofReligions #India #Indoeuropeans #indoiranians #mythology #indoeuropeanmythology #indianmythology #vedas #Books #openaccess #sun
Archaeoethnologica: Ravenous Hyenas & Wounded Suns - Book / Hienas vorazes e Soles Feridos - Livro
INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/10/hienas-vorazes-e-soles-feridos.html
#HistoryofReligions #India #Indoeuropeans #indoiranians #mythology #indoeuropeanmythology #indianmythology #vedas #Books #openaccess #sun
Wishing everyone a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali
#Diwali2024 #Diwali #DiwaliSpecial #DiwaliCelebration #HappyDiwali #FestivalOfLights #IndianMiniaturePainting #FestiveSeason #India #Art #Heritage #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #Histodons #History #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Entertainment #Celebrations #IndianHistory #IndianMythology #Pahari #Painting #Paintings
The Holy Family
#Hindu God Lord #Shiva and Parvati on Mount Kailash with infant #Ganesha on #GaneshChaturthi (Birth of Lord Ganesha)
The Nandi Bull stands behind them
c1800 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #HimachalPradesh #India on Sothebys auction (17th March 2015)
#GaneshaFestival #ArtHistory #Hinduism #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #Painting #artoftheday #History #Heritage #Religion #IndianMythology #Festival #MastoArt #Histodons #Entertainment #Paintings
Lord #Krishna & the Cow Herders Return on Cow-dust on a #WorldMilkDay in this c1775 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra (#Punjab Princely Hill State) attributed to the #Artist #Manaku of #Guler #HimachalPradesh #India
This #Painting is from a Bhagavata Purana series now at Harvard Art #Museum, USA
#Art #Heritage #IndianHistory #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #History #MastoArt #Histodons #Paintings #Museums #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #IndianMythology #Literature
Loving Couple
'Two Lovers', known as Mithuna in #IndianMythology
Couples such as this pair are understood to have multiple meanings, ranging from a celebration of life's pleasures to the more metaphorical symbolism of a human soul's longing for union with the Divine
This 11th century sandstone Object of #Art is from a #Hindu Temple built by the Chandella Dynasty of #Khajuraho #MadhyaPradesh & now at #Museum Rietberg
#IndianHeritage #Histodons #IndianHistory #Hinduism #Heritage #History
The Indian society was always open to #LGBTQ rights
Our #History #Art #IndianMythology and even #Religion literature of #Hinduism #Buddhism & #Jainism makes many socially acceptable references to such groups
Like in this c1750 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bikaner #Rajasthan now at San Diego #Museum of Art
'Two Women'
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Artist #Histodons #Paintings #Heritage #Friendship #Friends #IndianCulture #Equality #EqualityForAll
#India #Museums #Painting
c1800 CE devotional #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Rajasthan #India of #Hanuman performing His famous heroic feat of carrying the #Himalayan Mount Vindhya containing the medicinal herbs required for Lord #Rama who got injured in a battle with the Demon Ravana of #SriLanka
Note, He carries His army in His tail!
#Painting now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art
Today is His Birthday #HanumanJyanti
#IndianMythology #Artist #Hinduism #Histodons #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Heritage
Sage Narda at the Hermitage of Sage Valmiki Requesting him to write the Story of the #Hindu God Lord #Rama
Thus, he wrote the #Ramayana
c1825 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh now at National #Museum #NewDelhi #Delhi #India
Happy #RamaNavami (Birth of Lord Rama) to those celebrating today
#IndianHertitage #Art #Religion #Hinduism #IndianMythology #IndianHistory #Paintings #Artist #MastoArt #Histodons #Painting #Celebration #History #Heritage #Museums
Here is the headless astronomical shadow entity Rahu again, in this c1825 CE #CompanyPainting from #Patna #Bihar #India now at British #Museum London
Riding a Blue Ram, he is looking out for the Sun or the Moon which he will devour to replace his head which was cut off by the #Hindu God #Vishnu for eating His food and thus causing #SolarEclipse2024 & Lunar eclipse some other time.
#IndianMythology #IndianHistory #Art #Artist #Histodons #IndianHeritage #Hinduism #Paintings #MastoArt #Heritage
It was a #SolarEclipse yesterday.
In #IndianMythology it is believed that #Eclipse is caused by the #Hindu astronomical shadow entity Rahu, who causes an eclipse by devouring the Sun & Moon alternatively.
The #Mythology goes, he was caught eating God #Vishnu food. The angered God cut off his head. Now, to replace his head, Rahu devours the Sun & Moon at times causing Lunar & #SolarEclipse
Like in this c1720 CE #Pahari #Art from #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at #Chandigarh #Museum
A dynamic & vividly coloured c1725 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting of Lord #Krishna Riding to Battle with Rao Ram Singh of #Kota #Rajasthan #India
In #Hinduism #IndianMythology it was Arjuna who went to Battle of #Mahabharata with the #Hindu God. This makes this #Painting enigmatic!
#Garuda in the sky above became the Kota State's Emblem in 1719 CE
From the Toby Falk collection sold by Christies on 27th Oct 2023
#Artist #Histodons #Art #Painting #MastoArt #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Heritage
#Hindu Goddess Saraswati is a pan #India Goddess of Knowledge, Wealth, #Music, Flowing Water, #Art Speach, Wisdom & Learning and is worshipped in #Hinduism #Buddhism and #Jainism #Religion
In #Japan, She is known as #Benzaiten or #Benten, whose worship arrived there in the 6th century from #China & is depicted in this c1400 AD silk #Painting from Galerie Zacke, Austria
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Heritage#History #Artist #Histodons #MastoArt #HinduismAbroad #IndianMythology
#Hindu God Lord #Rama & His Brother Lakshman at rest as the Armies of Monkeys & Bears guard them
An illustration from a #Ramayana
All this in just 32 x 38 centimetres!
c1780 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting, possibly from #Udaipur in the #Mewar region of #Rajasthan #India from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christies on 27th Oct for £35,280
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Art #MastoArt #Paintings #IndianMythology #Religion #Hinduism #Painting
c1680 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Basohli in #Jammu or #Nurpur in #HimachalPradesh (both erstwhile #Himalayan #Punjab Hill States)
In #Hinduism #IndianMythology Moon has a special place.
Even our recent #MoonLanding is named #Chandrayaan (Moon Vehicle)
Such #Paintings from #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) uniquely depict #IndianClassicalMusic in #Art forms
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Music
Today #India celebrates #Mahashivratri #Festival, which is the day when #Hindu God #Shiva got married to Goddess Parvati
From the workshop of #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh this c1790 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra of Natanarayana #Raga will be on view from 20 Sept 2024 at #Museum Rietberg's exhibition '#Ragamala: Images for all Senses' #IndianClassicalMusic
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #IndianMythology #Hinduism #Art
"Dancing Ganesha'
This 10th century red sandstone sculpture from the Kalachuri Dynasty of Tripuri (7th century-1212 CE) from #Jabalpur in #MadhyaPradesh is now on display at The Metropolitan #Museum of Art's exhibition: '#Ganesha : Lord of New Beginnings' and can be viewed till June 15, 2025
Ganesha is the son of the #Hindu God #Shiva and His consort Parvati
#Hinduism #Religion #India #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #IndianMythology #History #Histodons #Heritage