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The shrine of Vishnu and the fifteen alvars and bhaktas of the Vaishnava cult.

Painting
ca. 1820 - ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Above: The shrine of the god Vishnu in his form of Shri Ranga Natha worshipped at Shrirangam near Trichinopoly. He reclines on the serpent of eternity, Ananta. Attendants on either side. Below: the figures of the fifteen alvars and bhaktas of the Vaishnava cult. The bhaktas hold square yellow fans. The ten alvars in the rows below are seated in the same position with their hands in anjali-mudra wearing sugar-loaf hats.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe shrine of Vishnu and the fifteen alvars and bhaktas of the Vaishnava cult. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on watermarked paper
Brief description
Painting; gouache on watermarked paper, The shrine of Vishnu and the fifteen alvars and bhaktas of the Vaishnava cult, Trichinopoly, ca. 1825.
Physical description
Above: The shrine of the god Vishnu in his form of Shri Ranga Natha worshipped at Shrirangam near Trichinopoly. He reclines on the serpent of eternity, Ananta. Attendants on either side. Below: the figures of the fifteen alvars and bhaktas of the Vaishnava cult. The bhaktas hold square yellow fans. The ten alvars in the rows below are seated in the same position with their hands in anjali-mudra wearing sugar-loaf hats.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
  • Width: 18cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscription; decoration; Telugu; Telugu; Beneath illustration)
  • '38. Most intimated Alvers at Streerungon.' (Inscription; decoration; English; Roman)
Object history
Purchased from Mr A. Churchill, 1923.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 28 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IM.392-1923

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Record createdJuly 21, 2000
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