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Sita Svayamvar
A Pannalal Gopilal1930
Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Bengaluru, India
In the Ramayan, Sita’s groom must meet the challenge of stringing a particularly powerful bow. The young Rama not only strings it, but also splits it in two as he does so, marking him as Sita’s choice for a husband. Pannalal envisions this epic scene taking place in a British-style drawing room, complete with landscape paintings and chandelier.
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Details
- Title: Sita Svayamvar
- Creator: A Pannalal Gopilal
- Date Created: 1930
- Location Created: Karachi
- Original Source: Collection of Mark Baron and Elise Boisante
- Rights: Mark Baron and Elise Boisante
- Art Genre: Print on paper
- Manufacturer: S.S. Brijbasi and Sons, Karachi
- About the Artist: In the mid-twentieth century, from the 1930s through the 1950s, the most successful and influential publisher of god-prints was S.S. Brijbasi and Sons, founded by two brothers, Shrinathdasji and Shyamsunderlal Brijbasi, in 1922. In fact, their work with painters from the pilgrimage town of Nathadwars set a whole new direction in the popular representation of the Hindu Gods. The firm was initially located in Karachi and then moved in 1939 to Mathura.
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