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| Frontispiece of the book ‘L’art des cuivres anciens au Cachemire & au Petit-Thibet (1883)’ [Art of Antique Brass of Kashmir & The Little Tibet by Ch. E. Ujfalvy, drawings by B. Schmidt] Captioned as: ‘The god Ganesha served by two young girls’ [available here at archive.org] (These early European collectors obviously had no idea what they were hoarding, proper studies started only much later) In the above image, the deity sits like an emperor |
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| Mubarak Mandi Gate (Darshani Deodi), Old Jammu |
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| Painting on top of the gate Ganesha with wives Riddhi and Siddhi |
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| On top of another gate to a building complex in Mubarak Mandi |
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A perfect metaphor for what Babudom has done to this country -:)
Dinesh