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Parashurama suit

1800/1899

Salar Jung Museum

Salar Jung Museum
Hyderabad, India

Parashurama is the sixth avatara of Lord Vishnu who is both a warrior and a Brahmin. In his incarnation, he fights the evil Chakravarti Samratr Karthaveerya Arjuna who was blinded by ego and under his reign all the Kshatriya clan members became evil. This Ganjifa card depicts Lord Parashurama fighting with thousand armed Karthaveerya with his axe. The suit sign is always an axe.

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  • Title: Parashurama suit
  • Creator Nationality: Indian
  • Date Created: 1800/1899
  • Location: Salar Jung Museum
  • Subject Keywords: Card Games
  • Medium: Card board, Pigment
  • School: Sawantwadi
Salar Jung Museum

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