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A short list of Indian period dramas
While doing posts on contemporary regional Indian period movies, I made a rough list of Indian period films. These are listed below. Some are historicals but the bulk fall into the 19th and 20th century. The list is fairly rough … Continue reading
Posted in Actor, Ancient India, Bengali cinema, Bollywood, British Raj, Colonial, Costume, fashion, Film Costuming, historical costume, History, Independence, Indian Cinema, Indian Costume, Indian fashion, Islamic Dress, Medieval India, Movies, Mughal India, Old Bollywood, Regional cinema, Regional period drama, regional styles, retro, Sari, Sari Blouse, South Indian Cinema, Vintage, vintage cinema, vintage fashion
Tagged ancient india, colonial India, contemporary India, historical films, india, indian cinema, medieval India, Mughal India, period costumes, Period Drama
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Costume Books
I have been reading a couple of books on Indian costumes and thought I would write a bit about two of them. Queen Subada, Detail from Shahnamah, Sultanate School, 1450. Costume Details: Phiran: of transparent material, form-fitting and ankle length, … Continue reading
Posted in 1990s, 20th century, Accessories, Actor, Ancient India, antique, Art, Asia, Authors, Costume, Courtesan, Culture, Dancer, fashion, Hinduism, historical costume, historical dress, historical fashions, historical hairstyles, Illustration, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian History, Indian Illustrators, Indian Theatre, Indian Women, Jaina Literature, Jewellery, Medieval India, Sanskrit Drama, sari history, Theatre, Women
Tagged 1540s, ancient india, Central Asia, historical costume, indian costume, medieval India, Queen Subada, Roshen Alkazi, Sanskrit, Shahnamah, Sultanata School, Tarla Mehta, Uttararamacharitram, Vasantasena, Vikramorvasiyam
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The Love Post
MADANA, a name of Kama, the hindu god of love. In the hindu religion, festivals are held on the 13th and 14th of the month Cheyth*, in honour of Kama, the god of love. Madana, he who intoxicates, with desire, … Continue reading
Posted in 1610s, 18th century, Ancient India, Contemporary, early 18th century, indian art, indian festivals, Indian men, Indian Women, miniature paintings, Romance
Tagged ancient india, Bhaskar Chitrakar, Indian Art, kamadeva, love, love in Ancient India, love in India, madan dev, maltimadhava, miniature painting, mrchhkatika, radha krishna, sanskrit literature, Vibhasa Ragini, yavana rani
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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 Veil Post
VEIL: avagunthana, niririgi, nirangika, mukhapata, sirovastra, yavanika. Veiling is mentioned in Ancient Indian texts by any of the above names, a primary source being Kalidas who mentions the avagunthana in several places. However, the practice does not appear to be … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient India, Asia, Costume, Culture, historical costume, History, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian Women, Islamic Dress
Tagged ancient india, avagunthana, Dia Mirza, Dushyanta, ghoonghat, india, Kalidasa, purdah, ranjeeta, Shakuntala, Veil
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The Tamil Historical Post
The illustrations for Tamil periodicals have a long history and some illustrators are nearly as well known as the writers. A number of serialised stories are historical romances (think Chola empire, Pallavas) and the drawings are fairly vivid in recreating an era, albeit … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, Ancient India, Costume, Early 20th Century, fashion, Hair, History, Illustration, India, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian men, Indian Women, Jewellery, Love, Novels, Period Drama, Romance, Royalty, Sari, Sari Blouse, Tamil, Tamil Cinema, Vintage, Women
Tagged ancient india, chola, historical costume, historical drama, illustrations, kalki, pallava, parthiban kanavu, sandilyan, sujatha, Tamil, Tamil Cinema, Tamil magazines, tamil women, Vyjayanthimala, yavana rani
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The Epic Post
One of the central and much discussed events of the Mahabharata involves the sari – the loss of Draupadi in a game of dice and her disrobing in the royal assembly. Draupadi is in seclusion, her single garment stained with … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient India, Asia, Cinema, Costume, Culture, Epics, Hinduism, History, Indian Dress, Women
Tagged ancient india, Draupadi, draupadi vastraharan, epics, garment, Indonesia, Jatayu, mahabharata, ramayana, Ravana, Sita
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The Ancient India Post
Rather just a look at 2 early 20th century paintings recreating the era. From dawn until late into the night I worked. By day I copied the parts of the wall that were well lit, and by night I shifted on to … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient India, Art, Bengal, Colonial, Costume, Courtesan, Culture, Dance, Dancer, Early 20th Century, fashion, Indian Dress, Paintings, Vintage, Vintage Dress, Women
Tagged Ajanta, ancient india, Bagh, india, Indian Art, Mukul Dey, paintings, Roma Mukerji
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The Historical Drama – Manthiri Kumari
The full Madras cinema treatment (i.e. also not very accurate) for a film adaptation (Manthiri Kumari) of the Tamil Buddhist classic, Kundalakesi. The attire includes a short embellished tunic (with a good degree of frills) and a jewelled belt for the leading lady. And … Continue reading
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