EditorialBrahma is asked for help. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. In the process of digging the earth, many snakes and rakshasas are slain or injured. The Devas, Gandharvas, Asuras and Nagas are terrorised by this afflication and approach Brahma for help....
EditorialRama and the visiting sages are shown discoursing, seated in his palace on the right. Agastya explains to Rama the origins of the rakshasas (demons). Prajapati the creator, here shown seated on a lotus, first created the waters, depicted as a river at ...
EditorialShiva and Parvati are shown in the foreground of the painting seated beside Nandi the bull. Five Gods join hands in supplication before them and ask Shiva to rid the world of the rakshasas, who advises them to ask Vishnu. In the top register, Vishnu an...
EditorialSukesha obtains sovereignty of the rakshasas on account of rigid penance and ascetic practices. He is shown first as an ascetic in the foreground of the painting. Sukesha and Devavati are then shown seated in a pavilion on the left with their sons Maly...
EditorialRama and the visiting sages are shown discoursing, seated in his palace on the right. Agastya explains to Rama the origins of the rakshasas (demons). Prajapati the creator, here shown seated on a lotus, first created the waters, depicted as a river at ...
EditorialShiva and Parvati are shown in the foreground of the painting seated beside Nandi the bull. Five Gods join hands in supplication before them and ask Shiva to rid the world of the rakshasas, who advises them to ask Vishnu. In the top register, Vishnu an...
EditorialSukesha obtains sovereignty of the rakshasas on account of rigid penance and ascetic practices. He is shown first as an ascetic in the foreground of the painting. Sukesha and Devavati are then shown seated in a pavilion on the left with their sons Maly...
EditorialRama and the visiting sages are shown discoursing, seated in his palace on the right. Agastya explains to Rama the origins of the rakshasas (demons). Prajapati the creator, here shown seated on a lotus, first created the waters, depicted as a river at ...
EditorialShiva and Parvati are shown in the foreground of the painting seated beside Nandi the bull. Five Gods join hands in supplication before them and ask Shiva to rid the world of the rakshasas, who advises them to ask Vishnu. In the top register, Vishnu an...
EditorialSukesha obtains sovereignty of the rakshasas on account of rigid penance and ascetic practices. He is shown first as an ascetic in the foreground of the painting. Sukesha and Devavati are then shown seated in a pavilion on the left with their sons Maly...
EditorialBrahma is asked for help. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. In the process of digging the earth, many snakes and rakshasas are slain or injured. The Devas, Gandharvas, Asuras and Nagas are terrorised by this afflication and approach Brahma for help....