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The Food Post
The iconography of Annapurna is given in the Agamas as a youthful goddess of red complexion having a face round like moon, three eyes, high breasts; the left hand carrying a vessel set with rubies and containing honey, and the … Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, 17th century, 18th century, 1910s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 19th century, Ancient India, British Raj, Colonial, historical art, historical costume, indian art, Indian Cooking, Indian Literature, Indian men, Indian Women, Medieval India, Mughal India, Paintings, Sanskrit Literature
Tagged 15th century, 17th century, 19th century, 7th century, ancient india, Annapoorna, bawarchi, British India, Chokher Bali, Dandin, Dasakumaracharitra, early 20th century, Food History, historical dress, Indian Art, Indian cookbooks, Indian Cookery, Indian cuisine, Indian Food, khansama, Malathi Chander, Mandu, medieval India, Mughal India, Mukul Dey, Ni'matnama, NS Harsha, picnic, Radha, Rahul Das, Rasachandrika, Savitri Chowdhury, Sushil Sen, vaishnava food, Veeraswamy, Vividh Vani, yogini
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वसन्त ऋतु – Spring
It’s spring in India. And while the illustration above* is all mildness and white (and indeed the kunda finds mention in a lot of Sanskrit spring poetry) the flowers of spring that are emblematic of the season are quite red … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient India, Art, Asia, Contemporary, Costume, Culture, Flora, Flowers, historical art, historical costume, historical dress, historical fashions, History, Illustration, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian History, Indian Illustrators, miniature paintings, Paintings, Poetry, Sanskrit, Sculpture, South India, Vintage, vintage art, Vintage Blouse
Tagged ancient india, art, asoka flowers, asoka tree, chandra rajan, flowers, illustration, ingalls, jasmine, Kalidasa, kimsuka, kunda, miniature painting, palash, Sanskrit, Sanskrit Poetry, sculpture, spring, spring flowers, spring ritual, Tamil
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The Mughals-1
It’s probably accurate to say that an indigenous form of the Islamic clothing brought in by the Mughals (a mix of Turkish and Persian influences) took shape during the reign of Akbar and Jahangir. This period also sees the style … Continue reading
Posted in 1600s, 1610s, 1620s, 16th Century, 17th century, Art, churidar kameez, Costume, Culture, Deccan, Dress Reform, dupatta, fashion, ghaghra, historical art, historical costume, historical dress, historical fashions, History, India, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian men, Indian Women, Islamic Art, Islamic Dress, Islamic style, Mughal, Paintings, Royalty, Women
Tagged 1600s, 1610s, 1620s, 16th century, 17th century, chador, churidar, ghaghra choli, indian costume, islamic costume, jama, mojaris, mughal costume, Mughal emperors, Mughals, nadiri, odhni, pagri, paijama, patka, peshwaj, turban
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The Shawl Post
The blue shawl first, a canopy of blue, The Face, Conrad Aiken New Kangra Painting and Girl with Blue Shawl by Wink Willett.
Posted in 21st century, Accessories, Asia, Contemporary, Contemporary Style, Costume, Culture, fashion, Girls, historical art, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Paintings, Photography, Sets, winterwear, Women
Tagged blue, blue shawl, Conrad Aiken, kangra painting, photography, shawl, Wink Willett, winter, winterwear
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The Christmas Post
Merry Christmas to everyone and happy holidays! Watercolour by Manishi Dey.
Posted in 1960s, 20th century, Art, Asia, Bengal, Costume, Culture, ghaghra, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Paintings, regional styles, vintage art, Vintage Dress, vintage sari, Women
Tagged 1960s, art, Bengal, Christmas, delhi art gallery, fir, fire, Manishi Dey, vintage, vintage art, Vintage India, winter
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The Winter Post
Like śiśira, there is an abundance of snow, the sun shines weakly – resembling the moon – and those who can stay indoors, preferably with their lovers*. It is the season to stay home, curl up alone or with family … Continue reading
Posted in 1800s, 19th century, Art, Asia, Costume, Culture, dupatta, Early 19th century, fashion, ghaghra, historical costume, historical dress, historical fashions, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Illustrators, Love, miniature paintings, Paintings, regional styles, Royalty, vintage art, vintage style, Women
Tagged Ghagra, Guler, hemanta, Indian royals, Lehenga Choli, miniature painting, Raja, Rani, royalty, sisira, winter
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The Red Ribbon Post
I have written a bit on how ribbons went from being youthful fashion to something worn at best by village school girls-though a lot more can be said on the subject. Indian readers of a certain age will no doubt … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Art, Contemporary, Girls, Hair, indian art, Indian fashion
Tagged 2000s, contemporary art, Indian girls, Jiaur Rahman, red ribbon, ribbons, Watercolours
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Recreating Vintage/Historical Art
Like him or hate him, Raja Ravi Varma remains influential more than a 100 years after his death. Recreating his work seems to be a bit of a thing ranging from the recent Rang Rasiya to Makaramanju to Pushpamala’s photo … Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, 1900s, 1930s, Art, art recreation, Asia, Bengal, Documentary, ghaghra, historical art, historical costume, indian art, Indian Women, Malayalam Cinema, miniature paintings, Paintings, Sari, Vintage, vintage costume
Tagged 16th century, 1930s, Amit Dutta, Ananthabhadram, art, fashion, Hemen Majumdar, Hemendranath Mazumdar, Kavya Madhavan, Nainsukh, Raja Ravi Varma, style, vintage
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Vintage Indian Clothing 