Three paintings depicting Sri Nath-Ji adorned in temple alcoves Kotah,...
Three paintings depicting Sri Nath-Ji adorned in temple alcoves
Kotah, Nathdwara, mid-19th Century
gouache, gold and silver on paper, red, blue and yellow borders, two with inscriptions in nagari script in upper border
233 x 155 mm. and slightly smaller(3)
The inscriptions read:
1. Shree Brajanath ji ki Paat Uchav hai, 'It is the Patotsav of the Holy Lord of Braj'.
2. (with green ground) Shree Nath ji ki Dasera ke uch ki seegar hai, 'It is Shree Nath-ji's adornment [?] for the festival of Dussehra' (seegar is perhaps a local variant of the word Shringar, i.e. adornment.
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Three paintings depicting Sri Nath-Ji adorned in temple alcoves
Kotah, Nathdwara, mid-19th Century
gouache, gold and silver on paper, red, blue and yellow borders, two with inscriptions in nagari script in upper border
233 x 155 mm. and slightly smaller(3)
The inscriptions read:
1. Shree Brajanath ji ki Paat Uchav hai, 'It is the Patotsav of the Holy Lord of Braj'.
2. (with green ground) Shree Nath ji ki Dasera ke uch ki seegar hai, 'It is Shree Nath-ji's adornment [?] for the festival of Dussehra' (seegar is perhaps a local variant of the word Shringar, i.e. adornment.
