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About Indian Miniature Art Ascetics before the Shrine of the Goddess
The five pilgrims are shown engaged in three different activities, following the continuous mode of visual narration that has remained a favourite of Indian artists for over two millennia. In the foreground, they bathe in a river; having cleansed their bodies, they pay obeisance to the goddess in the temple; finally, they sit in a group below a flowering tree, and in the warmth of an improvised fire, they say their prayers. Each ascetic, called "sadhaka" (devotee) or "siddha" (empowered) in the text has a distinctive physiognomy, rendered with convincing naturalism. Realistic touches are also evident in the manner in which the garments and rosaries are strewn on the ground and in the depiction of the fire, indicative of intense cold at the isolated shrine high in the mountains. Indeed, the iciness of the atmosphere is further conveyed by the prominent use of cold, pastel tones and stark white, which gain in intensity from the jutting charcoal grey rocks in the water, the patch of green, and the orange flowering vines dangling from the tree.
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Indian Miniature Art - Ascetics before the Shrine of the Goddess by Tallenge Store. Bring your artworks and prints to life with our extra large size products. Carefully printed on high quality materials these large size prints come with equal sized mat that adds a depth perspective (frames) or stretched on a white maple wooden frame (gallery wrap). Your product will be shipped within 4 days in "ready to frame" condition for canvas rolls and "ready to hang" condition for frames and wraps with pre-attached hanging wire and/or mounting points.