Digital Rare Book:
Gorakhnath and medieval Hindu Mysticism
Including text and translation of Macchendra - Gorakh Goshti, Padas and shlokas of Gorakh : Shlokas of Charpatnath
By Dr. Mohan Singh
Foreword by Sir Francis Younghusband and Dr.Betty Heimann
Published by The Author In Lahore - 1937
Guru Nanak with Guru Gorakhnath, Mardana and Bala and eleven yogis, Amritsar or Lahore, ca. 1875.
Sikh woodcut.
Guru Nanak sitting with Mardana (with rabab), Bala (with peacock feathers) and twelve yogis and two more yogis flying in the air. The picture illustrates the contest involving a lost...
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Elevation of the black stone arch, ca. 1820 - ca. 1822.
Company style painting.
The arch is covered with figures of Vaishnavite gods and hung with rings. A crowd of Hindus are celebrating the festival of the Dol Jatra or Swing festival in which the image of Vishnu and his consort are swung in a...
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KRISHNA AND RADHA CELEBRATING HOLI
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Nurpur
c. 1775
Krishna is an incarnation of the god Vishnu. He is shown with Radha, the beloved of his youth, and other gopis or young cowherd women. Four cowherd boys complete the crowd. In celebration of the Holi sprin...
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Digital Rare Book:
Cultural Data in the Kurma Purana
By Dr.Harinarayan Dubey and Lakshminarayana Tripathi
Published by University of Allahabad - 2002
In Hindi
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Image:
Painting, Kurma, the tortoise incarnation of Vishnu, in opaque watercolour on paper, Te...
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Digital Rare Book:
The Kurma Purana
A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition
By Nilmani Mukhopadhyaya
Published by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta - 1890
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Image:
'Vistnoo appeared partly as a Tortoise and partly as a man to afford his assistance to...
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Digital Rare Book:
The Purana text of the dynasties of the Kali Age
By Frederick Eden Pargiter
Published by Humphrey Milford, London - 1918
"Accounts of the dynasties that reigned in India during the Kali age are found in the Matsya, Vayu, Brahmanda, Visnu, Bhagavata, Garuda, and Bhavisya Purana...
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A lady prays in a Shiva shrine - 1770
Bhairavi Ragini
India
Ragamala Paintings are a series of illustrative paintings from medieval India based on Ragamala or the "Garland of Ragas", depicting various Indian musical modes called Ragas. They stand as a classical example of the amalgamation of art...
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