Yes, the last work of my dear friend, the gifted art historian Prof. Kavita Singh, who passed away on July 30, just before the MAP show was to go up. Her final lecture, delivered on July 15 in New Delhi, described this illustrated Ramcharitmanas from Banaras and told of how she had put the show together over several years of research. The exhibition is co-curated by her former student Parul Singh, but Kavita finished writing the wall text just weeks before she passed away. A must-see, for all those interested in North Indian courtly painting, book culture and manuscript illumination. 

Here’s the lecture —

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptqxg3wUu2c

Best wishes,

AV. 

On Sunday, October 29, 2023, Timothy Cahill via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Greetings,

Those in Bangalore (or nearby) can take advantage of an exhibit at M.A.P. containing paintings from an illustrated manuscript of the Ramcharitmanas.  Others can view digitized images (over 500) that accompany the text here:

https://map-india.org/exhibition/book-of-gold-the-kanchana-chitra-ramayana-of-banaras/

Best wishes,
Tim Cahill

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Associate Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Loyola University New Orleans
 


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