Fresco_depicting_a_scene_from_Indic_mythology_from_Akhara_Bala-Nand_in_Amritsar,_Punjab.jpg
Summary
Description Fresco depicting a scene from Indic mythology from Akhara Bala-Nand in Amritsar, Punjab.jpg |
English:
Fresco depicting a scene from Indic mythology from Akhara Bala-Nand (full name: Akhara Mahant Bala Nand; founded in 1775) in Amritsar, Punjab. The mural is illustrating a story of the ancient Indian
Mahabharata
epic: the disrobing of Draupadi by the Kauravas and five Pandava brothers sitting, with their heads hanging in shame, in depression. The top panel (not fully in-view) is a depiction of Baba Sri Chand (seated on a tiger skin, founder of the Udasi sect of Sikhism) with his followers.
A black-and-white photograph of the top fresco can be viewed at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresco_of_Sri_Chand_from_Akhara_Bala-Nand,_Amritsar.jpg
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Date | circa 18th or 19th century |
Source | https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/arts/akhara-murals-gasp-for-a-breath-of-air-464791 |
Author | Unknown |
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