Cherish The Cherry🍒

A cooking scene, late 19th cen, Rajasthan © National Museum of Indian Art @swativashishtha @PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @IndiaArtHistory @Kautilya02

The feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s son Rama, from Chapters 14–15 of the "Bala Kanda" of Ramayana. c. 1810, Pahadi © Cleveland museum @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @IndiaArtHistory @Kautilya02 @JAJafri

Lady feeding birds (quails ) Kangra school, 18th cen Met museum

Sita with her sons Luv & Kush outside the hermitage of Sage Valmiki. Late 18th cen from @laBnF #Ramayana #Art #History @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @dpanikkar @DalrympleWill @UnamPillai @swativashishtha @Kautilya02

Polash lit the lamp of nature. Pic respective owner.

A pair of myna birds (ca 1620) North India (Acridotheres tristis) © Met museum @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @IndiaArtHistory @Kautilya02

@cherishDcherry_ @BengalAntiquity @PunjabiRooh @annodomin1 @ghosh_gopali @deo_shaurya @AmitGuha2020 @RupakChatto @Barendrabhumi1 @monidipadey @calijignasa @DalrympleWill @hemantsarin @kamlesm @khushboo_bharat @punarutthana @Pupulmimi @BishtLokinder @Chemburstudio @swativashishtha Beautiful!! My RamWritingArt Only written word #राम An ordinary ballpenart #typography #writing

Got rosogolla as dessert for lunch of the same size as the hail (ice ball) in the recent journey via Sairang Rajdhani express. 🥹🤭😂

Hailstorm @ Nagaland 6/03/2026 The locals confirmed that they have experienced such massive scale hailstorm first time in their life. Looks like Sabudana kheer 🥹.

Scroll painting A scene from the Ramayana, women paying devotions to Rama, Sita & Laxman by an artist of the Patua caste, Bengal, ca. 1830 ©V_&_A @PunjabiRooh @annodomin1 @BengalAntiquity @ghosh_gopali @deo_shaurya @AmitGuha2020 @RupakChatto @Barendrabhumi1 @monidipadey

Maa Saraswati Sketch pen By yours truly

Bhim Tal at Kumaon in Uttarakhand, by Marianne North, 1878, British Library @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @Kautilya02 @IndiaArtHistory

Jau Kandhei , eco friendly terracotta lac dolls from Odisha ⭕❗⭕ !! Indigenous dolls of India !! @PunjabiRooh @ssharadmohhan @IndiaArtHistory @Kautilya02

Rāma going into battle. Seated atop an elephant, and accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa and Hanuman Chamba style, late 18th cen , ©British Museum @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @IndiaArtHistory @Kautilya02 @khushboo_bharat @MonaADhar

A bazaar along the Chitpore Road in Calcutta, leading northwards to Cossipore, DumDum & Barrackpore. Many different nationalities plied their trades in this Bazaar 1867, William Simpson ©RBSI @ssharadmohhan @IndiaArtHistory @PunjabiRooh @Kautilya02 @annodomin1 @swativashishtha

Lord Murugan (Subrahmanya) demon (Surapadman) The illustration depicts scene from Skanda Purana. Upon being split, Shurapadma is transformed into a peacock (which becomes Murugan’s mount/vahana) & a rooster (which becomes the emblem on his battle flag).  @Kautilya02

Above Shurapadma, who fled, swimming in the sea. Down The tree within which he hid is bisected by the trident of Subrahmanya, piercing Shurapadma & turns it into a peacock & a rooster Karaikal(Tanjore), 1727(V_&_A) @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @IndiaArtHistory

A blindfold #Cheetah and a #Lynx (?) resting on Charpoys with their handlers. Late 19th cen photo by Kurt Boeck. #History #VintagePhotography @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @swativashishtha

Lute players near the Golden Temple #Amritsar 1903 pic by Gertrude Bell. pic frm @UniofNewcastle #History #Punjab #Sikh #VintagePhotography @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @DalrympleWill @RamblingSingh @SirPentapotamia @ThethPanjabi @thejatculture @swativashishtha @amanmadra @JAJafri

Two strikingly similar works depicting Raja Anirudh Chand & Sant Tulsidas paying homage to Lord #Rama & Sita. Left frm @NMnewdelhi & Right frm @ChazenArtUW #Art #History #Pahari #Kangra @DalrympleWill @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @Kautilya02 @dpanikkar @Trigartha

Lord #Ganesha & Lord #Hanuman paying homage to Goddess Kheer Bhawani depicted with 4 arms & an eye on her forehead, astride a Tiger inscribed in Punjabi. 18th cen frm @ChazenArtUW #Art #History #Kashmir #HappyNavratras @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @dpanikkar @SrinagarGirl @JAJafri