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Raja Ravi Varma: English: Ganga Avataran or Descent of Ganga മലയാളം: ഗംഗാവതരണം   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Raja Ravi Varma  (1848–1906)  wikidata:Q333453 q:en:Raja Ravi Varma
 
Raja Ravi Varma
Alternative names
Iravivarmā; Ravi Varma
Description painter and creator
An Indian painter who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Date of birth/death 29 April 1848 Edit this at Wikidata 2 October 1906 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kilimanoor Attingal
Work location
India Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q333453
Title
English: Ganga Avataran or Descent of Ganga
മലയാളം: ഗംഗാവതരണം
Description
English: Shiva breaking up Ganga's arrogant descent from heaven using his hair. Parvati, Nandi and Bhagiratha watching. A Ravi Rarma press Oleograph.
മലയാളം: സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ നിന്നും ഭൂമിയിലേയ്ക്ക് പതിക്കുന്ന ഗംഗയെ ശിവൻ തന്റെ ജട ഉപയോഗിച്ച് തടയുന്നു. പാർവ്വതി, നന്ദി, ഭഗീരഥൻ എന്നിവർ നോക്കി നിൽക്കുന്നു.
Date circa 1910
date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Oleograph
Source/Photographer http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/0400_0499/pantheon/arddhanarishvara/arddhanarishvara.html
Other versions Gangavtaran

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Descent of Ganga, c. 1910

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