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Lokesvara

Description:
This illustration shows Lokesvara, which is the Sanskrit name for Avalokitesvara, who is one of the most revered and beloved bodhisattvas in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. He is associated with compassion and the protection of all sentient beings.
Date:
November 1966
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Dayasaran
Collection:
AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides
Lokesvara

AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:
This collection includes digitized negatives created by field experts and professional photographers during research surveys between 1966 and 1990. The images document heritage buildings in various Indian states (Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, etc) that are decayed, damaged, or inaccessible. Also included are images of rare terracotta sculptures unearthed in excavations conducted at archaeological sites in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka, and a collection of miniature paintings commissioned by Mughal and Rajput patrons during the 16th to the 19th centuries in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.

Portrait of Balwant Singh of Jammu

Description:
The illustration shows a portrait of Raja Balwant Singh of Jammu. Balwant Singh is dressed in yellow chinese mandarin robe covered with a design of dragons. The Takri inscription in gold on the top reads "Taswir Raja Balwant Singh urandhat dai baratha. Haran agalana" which means "Portrait of Raja Balwant Singh when he was seated on the verandah. The attendant Haran is standing in front."
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

White-breasted Kingfisher

Description:
The illustration shows a white-breasted Kingfisher. The background of the painting has been painted in peori (deep yellow) which was unusual for Mughal Jahangir period, but its presence indicates the desire to experiment with colours and techniques. The peori has probably been used to signify the intensity of Indian sunlight.
Date:
December 1968
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Dayasaran
Collection:
AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides
White-breasted Kingfisher

Queens Kausalya and Sumitra; Dasharatha, sage Vasishtha and Rama; people waiting for the coronation of Rama

Description:
This is folio 5 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Kausalya and Sumitra giving donations; Dasharatha asks Vasishtha to preach to Rama; Rama pays homage to Vasishtha with folded hands; people waiting for the coronation of Rama.
Date:
December 1977
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:
AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides
Queens Kausalya and Sumitra; Dasharatha, sage Vasishtha and Rama; people waiting for the coronation of Rama

Demon Kalanemi conspiring against Hanumana who is on his way to get medicine

Description:
This is folio 29 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Ravana asking demon Kalanemi to make an intrigue against Hanumana (top left); Hanumana taking leave of Rama to bring the medicine (bottom); Hanumana coming to Kalanemi's delusive asrama to drink water, who sends him to a river (center left); in river a she-crocodile captures Hanumana's foot, and is killed by him, while going to heaven she exposes Kalanemi (center right).
Date:
December 1977
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:
AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides
Demon Kalanemi conspiring against Hanumana who is on his way to get medicine