Bhairava Raga
Painting
ca. 1770 (made)
ca. 1770 (made)
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A Ragamala painting of the musical mode Bhairava Raga. Ragamala paintings use a particular scene or person to represent each raga (or mode) of Hindustani classical music. Bhairava Raga is a slow and meditative raga intended to be played or sung in the morning. The scene of Radha rubbing sandalpaste on her lover Krishna on a palace terrace depicts the emotional sentiment of the raga. A formal garden can be seen in the background, irrigated by a Persian wheel.
Object details
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| Title | Bhairava Raga (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Bhairava Raga, Radha embracing Krishna, opaque watercolour on paper, Hyderabad, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Radha rubs sandalpaste onto Krishna. |
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| Summary | A Ragamala painting of the musical mode Bhairava Raga. Ragamala paintings use a particular scene or person to represent each raga (or mode) of Hindustani classical music. Bhairava Raga is a slow and meditative raga intended to be played or sung in the morning. The scene of Radha rubbing sandalpaste on her lover Krishna on a palace terrace depicts the emotional sentiment of the raga. A formal garden can be seen in the background, irrigated by a Persian wheel. |
| Bibliographic reference | Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4
cat. no. 49 |
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| Accession number | IS.186-1950 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2002 |
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