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 3 Oct 2015 Rare Paintings
Love for Krishna
By Abdur Rahman Chughtai (Pakistan, 1897-1975)
Watercolour on paper

Abdur Rahman Chughtai is remembered today as possibly the most distinguished Pakistani artist of the 20th century. His work draws from a shared South Asian cultural heritage, and he was one of the few Pakistani ... Read More
 3 Oct 2015 Rare Paintings
Radhika
By Abdur Rahman Chughtai (Pakistan, 1897-1975)
Watercolour on paper

Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897–1975) was a painter and intellectual from Pakistan, who created his own unique, distinctive painting style influenced by Mughal art, miniature painting, Art Nouveau and Islamic art traditions.... Read More
 2 Oct 2015 Rare Paintings
Untitled (Radha and Krishna)
By Abdur Rahman Chughtai (Pakistan, 1897-1975)

Watercolour on paper
Signed in Urdu lower left, stamped on reverse

Although given the accolade of the national artist of Pakistan, Abdur Rahman Chughtai, created works of a shared national identity more reflective of a... Read More
 2 Oct 2015 Rare Paintings
Rama in Seeta Swayamwar
By Abdur Rahman Chughtai (Born 1894; died 1975)

Abdur Rahman Chughtai is remembered today as possibly the most distinguished Pakistani artist of the 20th century. His work draws from a shared South Asian cultural heritage, and he was one of the few Pakistani artists to be... Read More
 29 Sep 2015 New Books
New Book:
Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India
By Diana L. Eck
Published by Motilal Banarsidass - 2007

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Book summary:
The experience of the divine in India merges the three components of sight, performan... Read More
 27 Sep 2015 Rare Paintings
A Kangra school depiction of the 'Churning of the Ocean of Milk' with Vishnu seated on a pillar encircled by a giant snake pulled by crowds of devas and asuras.

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 27 Sep 2015 Rare Paintings
A folio from a Bhagavata Purana series: The Churning of the Ocean, or Vishnu as Kurma Avatar

Attributed to the first generation after Manaku and Nainsukh of Guler, circa 1780-90

Gouache and gold on paper, pink border with dark blue and gold margins, cover paper with numeral (37) in nagari scri... Read More
 27 Sep 2015 Rare Paintings
Samudra Manthan scene with Vishnu as Kūrma; single-page painting mounted on an album folio. Central blue figure, Kurma, sits cross-legged on Mount Meru holding various items in each of his four hands. On the left stand the two devas, one a four-armed blue being with a spear and the other a four-a... Read More
 27 Sep 2015 Rare Paintings
The Churning of the Ocean of Milk

Album leaf painting of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk. Vishnu appears here at the base of the cosmic churning pole as the turtle Kūrma and also seated on top of Mount Mandara. The gods (to left) pull on the rope made of the serpent Vasuki, while demons pull o... Read More
 18 Sep 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses
By Rao Saheb Hoskote Krishna Sastri
Printed at The Madras Government Press, Madras - 1916

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Preface:
"This little book owes its origin to a suggestion mad... Read More
 18 Sep 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
The Hindu Pantheon (Sri Sarva Deva Sabha )
By Edward Moor
Printed for J.Johnson, London - 1810

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Link for all the Illustrations in the Hindu Pantheon:

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 17 Sep 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
The Hindu Pantheon (Sri Sarva Deva Sabha )
By Edward Moor
Printed for J.Johnson, London - 1810

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The Hindu Pantheon was a book written by Edward Moor, an early European scholar of Indian religi... Read More
 17 Sep 2015 New Books
New Book:
Loving Ganesa - Hinduism's endearing elephant-faced God
By Satguru Sivaya Subramaniya Swami
Published by Himalayan Academy - 2000

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Book Review:
No book about this beloved elephant-faced God is more soul-to... Read More
 17 Sep 2015 Article/Essay
Ganapati Bappa Morya

Morya Gosavi or Moraya Gosavi (Morayā Gosāvi) alias Moroba Gosavi was a prominent saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect, which considers the elephant-faced god Ganesha as the Supreme Being. Morya Gosavi is considered the chief spiritual progenitor of the Ganapatyas and has been ... Read More
 17 Sep 2015 Rare Paintings
Ganesh - 18th century

This is one of 12 miniatures from a manuscript of Hindu rituals and devotional tracts. The manuscript is written in the Sanskrit language, in Sarada script. It has 74 pages and was made in Kashmir during the 18th century.

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 17 Sep 2015 Rare Photographs
Temple of Ganapati, Khatav, Satara District - 1897

Photograph of the Temple of Ganapati at Khatav in the Satara District of Maharashtra, taken by Henry Cousens in 1897-98. This side view, shows the massive masonry blocks used in the construction. In the Progress report for the Archaeological Sur... Read More
 17 Sep 2015 Rare Photographs
Nawgaon Ganapati Temple, Dhar - 1902

Photograph of the Nawgaon Ganapati Temple at Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, taken by an unknown photographer in c.1902. Dhar in the Malwa region of central India has a long tradition of history encompassing both Hindu and Muslim rule. It was once the capital of the po... Read More
 17 Sep 2015 Video
Video:
Sri Maha Ganesha Pancharatnam

A delightful rendering of Ganesha Pancharathnam sung by 9 year old Sooryagayathri and Kuldeep M Pai.

Watch here:

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Sri Maha Ganesha Pancharatnam was composed by Sri Adi Sankara Baghvad Pada in the 8th Century. It is a famous sloka addre... Read More
 16 Sep 2015 Rare Paintings
Heramba Ganapati
Opaque watercolor and gold

Source: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Read More
 16 Sep 2015 Sculpture
Four-armed Ganesha seated on two lions
9th–early 10th century
Pakistan (Northwest Frontier Province, probably Swat Valley)
Bronze with silver inlay

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 16 Sep 2015 Sculpture
Dancing Ganesha, c. 1000
Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
Early 11th Century
Sandstone

Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art Read More