The Jagannath triad

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Puri (made)

Painting in tempera on prepared cloth, depicting the Jagannath Triad. Vishnu in the form of Jagannath is shown on the right, with his brother Balabhadra and their sister Subhadra. Their curious stylised form represents the simple wooden images of the deities as they are housed in the Jagannath temple at Puri, Orissa.

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Categories	Hinduism Paintings Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	The Jagannath triad (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in tempera on prepared (layered) cloth Tempera Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Jagannath triad, painted in tempera on cloth, Puri, ca. 1910
Physical description	Painting in tempera on prepared cloth, depicting the Jagannath Triad. Vishnu in the form of Jagannath is shown on the right, with his brother Balabhadra and their sister Subhadra. Their curious stylised form represents the simple wooden images of the deities as they are housed in the Jagannath temple at Puri, Orissa.
Dimensions	Height: 128mm Width: 142mm 01/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	Vishnu in the form of Jagannath is shown on the right, with his brother Balabhadra and their sister Subhadra. Their curious stylised form represents the simple wooden images of the deities as they are housed in the Jagannath temple at Puri, Orissa.
Subjects depicted	Deities Vishnu
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.575-1952

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Record created	July 25, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82773/the-jagannath-triad-painting-unknown/

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