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A wedding scene depicted
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In continuation to my earlier post on
Madhubani paintings, on our way out of the village, we came across several more beautiful Madhubani paintings on the walls of buildings, homes and even huts. I am posting some more of these beauties. I especially like the one on the hut. We also visited a village by the name of Saurath. We wanted to visit Saurath because it has a rich history. This village was earlier known as Saurastra; it was supposed to be a cultural centre. It seems Sita's swayamvar happened in this village!
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Madhubani painting
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| Krishna with Gopis |
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This village is also popular because of an age old tradition. Every year during the marriage season maithili brahmins would meet in order to fix the marriage of their daughters and sons. There would be panjikars present who would have the list of generations of maithili brahmins. There is an interesting old Shiva temple in Saurath, I believe the gathering happens near an orchard in that area. It seems though that the popularity of the event has diminished these days.
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| Old temple in Saurath |
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| Temple interiors |
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2 comments:
I was looking for a wall mural of Krishna playing flute as a book cover for my Gujarati translation of a Marathi novel 'Bansi Kahe ko Bajai. I found one from your collection of Madhubani. It is a beautiful photo taken by you and is most appropriate for my purpose. If you permit,I would like to use it. I shall be grateful if you could grant me the permission. I am a retired Indian Army captain. I have written a novel 'Full Circle' in English which is self-published.My email id is: captnarendra@gmail.com
Thank you.
Hello Capt Narendra,
Sure, please do. I would only request you to please mention when you use it, where you got it from.
Many thanks,
Ranjana
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