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
#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!
#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 (?)
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
#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)
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
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
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
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
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
Wishing everyone a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali
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)
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
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
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
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
