Bharata sitting near the altar where Rama rested; queens relaxing; attendants

Item Overview

Title

Bharata sitting near the altar where Rama rested; queens relaxing; attendants

Photographer

Dharmpal Nanda

Date Created

December 1977

Date

1977-12-01

Place of Origin

Ramnagar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (India)

Collection

AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Program

Modern Endangered Archives Program

Notes

Description

This is folio 86 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Bharata sitting near the altar where Rama rested (top); queens relaxing; attendants (bottom).

Contents note

The Ramcharit Manas manuscript was housed at the All-India Kashiraja Trust, Ramnagar Fort, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India at the time of photography in 1977. Ramcharit Manas translates to "Sacred Manas Lake of Ram's Deeds" and is an epic poem of nearly 13,000 lines, composed in the Avadhi dialect of pre-modern Hindi by the poet-saint Tulsidas. This manuscript was produced in Ramnagar, Varanasi between 1796 and 1808 under the patronage of its royal court and particularly the ruler Udit Narayan Singh (r.1795-1835). The manuscript showcases a synthesis of multiple painting schools from Jaipur, Murshidabad, Lucknow, Delhi, Datia etc. The manuscript is now dispersed and its present location is unknown.

Physical Description

Dimensions

35 mm

Keywords

Genre

color slides

Subject Geographic

Ramnagar (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh (India)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

valmiki
illuminated manuscripts
ayodhyākāṇḍa
ramayan
rāmāyaṇa
tulasidasa
rāmacaritamānasa
miniature painting