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For
the first time nearly 120 paintings from the British Library’s
lavishly illustrated 17th century Ramayana manuscripts are on
public display in its summer exhibition: The
Ramayana: Love and Valour in India’s Great Epic, 16 May – 14
September 2008. The Mewar Ramayana manuscripts were produced between
1649 and 1653 for Rana Jagat Singh of Mewar in his court studio at
Udaipur . Illustrated on the grandest scale, with over 400
paintings. Two volumes have been identified as being painted by the
studio master Sahib Din, a Muslim painter who spent his life
painting Hindu legends like Ramayana and Geet Govinda. The
exhibition curator Jerry Losty explains the significane of this
Mewar Ramayana.
To
listen click
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