A 19th-century painting depicting the sighting of the moon, with people exchanging greetings and saying... चांद मुबारक हो ... #ईद_का_चांद_मुबारक_हो 🌙
#ChandRaat #MoonSighting #EidAlFitr2024
#Eidmubarak2024 #عید #عيدكم_مبارك
#ईदुलफित्र #ChandMubarak #Eid_Mubarak #EidUlFitr

Itihasa
Ramayana and Mahabharata are known as the itihasas (‘thus it happened’).

Lady waiting for the Eid Moon

This painting is painted by A.R Asghar in early 20th Century depicting Lady waiting for the Eid Moon (Water Colour on Paper)
In the collection of Lahore Museum, Lahore, Pakistan
Image © Google Arts & Culture

#Eid2024 #EidUlFitr #MoonSighting

#Navratri
It is dedicated to Maa Durga and her nine incarnations – Maa Shailputri, Maa Brahmacharini, Maa Chandraghanta, Maa Kushmanda, Maa Skandamata, Maa Katyayani, Maa Kalaratri, Maa Mahagauri and Maa Siddhidatri.
#हिंदु_नव_वर्ष_2081
#माता_रानी

In the moon's embrace, Krishna and Radha share whispers untold,
Their souls entwined, in night's silent unfold.

-The Moonlight Meeting’ by Allah Bux
Image © DAG

Stele of Vishnu and attendants
Pala dynasty
10th–12th century
Indian Black schist
© Princeton University Art Museum

Khadirvani Tara, a #Buddhist goddess, embodies compassion and protection, guiding practitioners through the dense forests of ignorance towards enlightenment.
-Buddhist Goddess Khadirvani Tara
8th century
From Ratnagiri,Odisha
Patna Museum, #Bihar , 🇮🇳
Image©cities2explore. com

On this Day 🇮🇳
Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose with Indian independantists, India, April 7, 1930.

Image ©: Getty Images

#JawaharlalNehru #SubhasChandraBose
#Nehru #PM #firstprimeministerofindia

The concept of #Narayana underscores the philosophical idea of the divine pervading every aspect of existence, from the macrocosm to the microcosm.

-The Hindu God #Vishnu in his Emanation as Narayana
Bangladesh, circa 1000
Sculpture
Schist
© LACMA

Sri Chaitanya embracing the path of sannyasa, accompanied by his devoted mother Saci, marks a poignant moment of spiritual transformation and familial support in his journey towards enlightenment.

-Sri Chaitanya takes sannyasa, with his mother Saci, by Kshitindranath Majumdar.

Photograph of a statue of Vishnu inside a ruined temple at Damdama, Hazaribag District, taken by Joseph David Beglar around the 1870s which forms part of the Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series).
Source: BIHAR THROUGH THE AGES

Unique idols of Tirthankar Neminath where his lanchhan Shankh is bigger than himself.
According to Krupali Virag Shah 'It is neminath not parshwanath... it is installed in digamber jain temple, Burhanpur...'

Source: Jayen Mistry & Archeological survey of India.

#ASI #Jainism

East gateway and railings of Bharhut Stupa
red sandstone
Sculptured railings: 115 BCE
toranas: 75 BCE.

Indian Museum, Kolkata

The wedding of Arjuna and Draupadi marks a significant event in the Mahabharata, symbolizing destiny and polyandry, as Draupadi marries all five Pandava brothers. This union solidifies their bond and sets the stage for the epic tale of the Mahabharata.

Arjuna weds Draupadi
1800

Bijoya by A. P. BAGCHI
Late 19th Century
Lithograph, tinted with watercolour on paper, pasted on paper

This print shows the end of the Durga puja festivities with Durga leaving her maternal home after a brief stay, about to return to Kailash.
© DAG / DAG
#visualart #Kali

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Rama's Marriage (1914) by K. Venkatappa (1887–1965) depicts the sacred union of Lord Rama and Sita, capturing the essence of devotion and eternal love in vibrant colors and intricate details.

#Ram a #Ram #Sita #lakshman
#राम #लक्ष्मण #सीता #राम ायण
#राम _का_भव्य_धाम

Krishna watches Radha perform Linga Puja
Rajasthan, Kishangarh, India
circa 1760.

-Krishna watches from a tree as Radna worshipping the symbol of Lord Shiva (linga). You can still see this image of the offering every day everywhere in India.

#Visualart #Shiva #Krishna #Radha

Semiramis dying on Nino's tomb, 1893
By Augusto Valli (1867-1945)

-Based on the opera 'Semiramide' by Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Gaetano Rossi, first performed 1823