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नरसिंह अवतार Narasimha Avatar c. 1800
Opaque watercolour including gold-and silver-coloured metallic pigments on paper. | 41 x 27.4 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 1005115.g
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A depiction of Narasimha, the fourth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who takes the form of a half man-half lion. According to Hindu belief, Narasimha ended religious persecution by killing the demon Hiranyakashipu.
Having burst from a marble pillar, Narasimha sits in a courtyard of Hiranyakashipu's palace and disembowels the king with his claws. To the right stands Hiranyakashipu's pious son, Prahlada, and to the left, his mother, Kayadhu. For more on this story see RCINs 925226-41.
This painting is from a series depicting the ten avatars of Vishnu. For further information on this series see RCIN 1005115.Provenance
Presented to King Edward VII when Prince of Wales during his tour of India in 1875 by Mangaldas Nathubhoy.
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Opaque watercolour including gold-and silver-coloured metallic pigments on paper.
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41 x 27.4 cm (page dimensions)
19.3 x 12.6 cm (image)
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