ഈ ഫോട്ടോക്ക് നായര്‍ സ്ത്രീകള്‍ എന്ന് പേര് കൊടുത്തത് എന്ത് കൊണ്ടാണെന്ന് പറയാമോ? ആ കാലഘട്ടത്തില്‍ കേരളത്തിലെ എല്ലാ സ്ത്രീകളും ഇങ്ങനെ ആയിരുന്നു വസ്ത്രം ധരിചിരുന്നതും ധരിക്കാതിരുന്നതും.

They have strange hair do's.

Beautiful artwork...

Beautiful..

They're writing on a palm leaf...

Shows that in 1872, in Travancore, girls were literate. Very progressive.

lucky girls - they had'nt to take the bus

Sundar....

Superb!

Excellent

Beautiful.

beautiful

WHY DID U CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE ...ANY MOTIVE BEHIND THIS ?

very nice

Can you provide any biographical details or sources on the artist? My wife is intrigued.

Adv Jaya Nair: As it is clearly evident from the many posts on RBSI yesterday, the theme for the day was 'Travancore'! And also... this is such a splendid painting!!

@Jimi Wilson- Ramaswami Naidu was a court-artist who trained, among others, the great Rajah R. Ravi Varma. He was a well-admired artist and got commissioned a great deal in the prevalent circles of the day. Many of his other works are not out there since nobody recognises the value, being unknown, locked away in the attics of private homes and so on.

Raja Ravi Varma's women were never topless!

Simply a s a d h a r a n

There no words to praise Rama Swamy Naidu Ji.He is Viswokarma in Canvas.......Deshraj...+

great ARTIST.