Lord #Hanuman Leaps over the Ocean on way to #SriLanka
(No, that is not the #Katchatheevu Island behind Him & He's not going there to solve the #Katchatheevu Issue)

c1720 CE #Pahari painting now at Museum Rietberg from #Guler #Ramayana attributed to #PanditSeu #HimachalPradesh

'Fight of the Drunken Monkeys & Bears in Madhuvan', c1720 #Pahari #Ramayan series painting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh ( #Punjab Hill States) by master artist #PanditSeu , now at @museumrietberg Zurich.
William Dalrymple Swati Vashishtha Nilosree نیلوسری নীলশ্রী she|her ✒️💭🫖 ☕️ 🍰🍉 ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Ranjit Hoskote

'Dancing Villagers'

On #InternationalDanceDay c1730 CE #Pahari painting by #PanditSeu of #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at LACMA

Remarkable for its unusual subject matter as well as its refined execution, lively portrayal of human form & sensitive attention to portrait features.

Celebration time!
#WingCommandarAbhinandan #WelcomeBackAbhinandan 🙏🏼
'Villagers Dancing'
From LACMA, this #Pahari painting from #Guler / #Kangra , attributed to artist #PanditSeu or sons #Nainsukh , #Manaku c1680-1740
William Dalrymple SANJAY HEGDE
Rana Safvi رعنا राना Ammara Ahmad Don't Panik

'A Village Scene',
1740 AD #Pahari painting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh by artist #PanditSeu , now at @museumrietberg
There are 2 white snakes too!
William Dalrymple Don't Panik

@museumrietberg Zurich has one of the largest collections of #Pahari paintings from #Nurpur #Guler #Jasrota & #Basohli by artists #Nainsukh #Manaku & their children ( Third Generation) & father #PanditSeu whose below painting c1720 'Fight of Drunken Bears & Monkeys', for example.

When a master artist makes a portrait of another master artist..
This #Pahari portrait of #Manaku was done by younger brother #Nainsukh c1750, & with GovtMuseumChandigarh
Sons of another master, #PanditSeu + their 7 children, the family made #Guler #Jasrota & #Basholi the Florence of East.

A Busy Village, teeming with activity. Two white snakes are out for a slithering (snake walk) too!
c1740 AD #Pahari painting by #PanditSeu , father of #Nainsukh & #Manaku of #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at @museumrietberg Zurich
Art Historian* 🇮🇳 William Dalrymple ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Swati Rai

Mian Gopal Singh Playing Chess with his Raj Guru, Rana Dinmani Raina.
c1720-25 #Pahari painting Ascribed to #PanditSeu of #Guler #HimachalPradesh , now at GovtMuseumChandigarh
One of those 'Stay Home, Be Safe' themes.
William Dalrymple Nilosree نیلوسری নীলশ্রী she|her ✒️💭🫖 ☕️ 🍰🍉 ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Swati Vashishtha Don't Panik

William Dalrymple With San Diego Museum of Art, this c1750 painting from #EdwinBinney collection by artist #Manaku of #Guler #HimachalPradesh 'Meeting of the Eyes'.
Son of #Panditseu , he continued his father's #Pahari style paintings while younger brother #Nainsukh was more influenced by #MughalArt .

William Dalrymple Rana Safvi رعنا राना
'Fight of Drunken Monkeys & Bears' c1720 ad #Pahari painting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh by artist #PanditSeu from #Ramayan now in @museumrietberg, Switzerland.
Hand combat here, no stone pelting
#DelhiBurning #DelhiViolence #DelhiBurns #DelhiCAAClashes