All photos by Anirban Sarkar (if images are downloaded and shared, please give his name as reference) Surya, 10th c. CE Navagraha panel, 10th c. CE 4 armed Devi, 9th -10 c. CE Fragmentary remains of a likely Vishnu Stele, at the two sides are Devis Lakshmi and Saraswati, 11-12th c. CE remains of ornametal…
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Documenting the worship of Rama in Bengal history
The curious case of Rama in West Bengal Mahakavi Krritibas Ojha (1381–1461), a well known poet from Bengal, was the author of “Sri Rampanchali,” the Bengali version of the Sanskrit Ramayan. While he had largely changed the narrative of Valmiki’s Ramayan and made many additions of his own (making Ram quite different from the original…
Moni Gāthā 