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Scroll Painting

1971 (made)
Place of origin

Scroll painting, watercolour on paper, Jagannath pata depicting scenes relating to the god Jagannath of Puri. The scroll consists of eight distinct scenes, divided into five panels by pale yellow margins with red circles. The accompanying narrative first describes the Jagannath temple at Puri, Orissa, and its trio of deities, Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra; it then mentions Jagannath's love relation with the goddess Tulsi (i.e. the tulsi plant). It describes the life and worship of people around the temple, and stresses the point that devotion to Jagannath is irrespective of the usual laws of caste and commensality; even Shiva eats food leftover by a dog. Jagannath can save all. The last panel shows Yama (probably) on a buffalo with human onlookers, probably at a cremation ground.

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Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour on paper
Brief description
Scroll painting, Jagannath pata, by Biren (probably Chitrakar, watercolour on paper, Midnapore, 1971
Physical description
Scroll painting, watercolour on paper, Jagannath pata depicting scenes relating to the god Jagannath of Puri. The scroll consists of eight distinct scenes, divided into five panels by pale yellow margins with red circles. The accompanying narrative first describes the Jagannath temple at Puri, Orissa, and its trio of deities, Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra; it then mentions Jagannath's love relation with the goddess Tulsi (i.e. the tulsi plant). It describes the life and worship of people around the temple, and stresses the point that devotion to Jagannath is irrespective of the usual laws of caste and commensality; even Shiva eats food leftover by a dog. Jagannath can save all. The last panel shows Yama (probably) on a buffalo with human onlookers, probably at a cremation ground.
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Collection
Accession number
IS.7-1980

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