File:Madri - Raja Ravi Varma Print.jpg

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DescriptionMadri - Raja Ravi Varma Print.jpg
English: A chromolithograph print titled "Madri", who is the second wife of King Pandu in the epic Mahabharata. According to the source, other than Mahabharata's description of Madri's dusky skin and crimson garments, this print seems to have no other Puranic/mythological influence on it and is derived from an oil painting titled "Maharashtrian lady carrying fruits" by Ravi Ravi Varma
Date 1910s
Source https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/madri-raja-ravi-varma/1QFZ0ueSCyP79A
Author Raja Ravi Varma
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The original oil painting on which it is based

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