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Jambavana and Hanuman Meet Rama

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Details

Size: 10.25 x 14.5 inches
Medium: Natural Colours on Paper
Condition: Very Good
Style: Guler School of Painting

Description

This is a Pahari painting from the Guler School. It depicts Jambavana (the great warrior and strategist), and Hanuman (an ardent devotee of Rama and central character of the Ramayana), meet Rama. Hanuman is prostrating at Rama’s feet, and behind Rama with a bow and arrow is Rama’s brother Lakshman. Jambavana, also known as Jambavanta is the divine-king of bears, created by the god Brahma to assist Rama in his struggle against the Lanka king Ravana. Jambavanta is traditionally depicted in blue and in the form of an Asian black bear. Behind him stand three Vanaras, the forest people who helped Rama in his battle.
The Ramayana is a Hindu epic divided into seven books. It narrates the exile of Rama to the forest with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana, the subsequent abduction of Sita by Ravana (the demon-king of Lanka) and the rescue of Sita with the help of Sugriva the king of the monkey tribe and his minister Hanuman. After a fierce battle the city of Lanka was taken, Ravana was defeated and killed, and Sita was rescued. Rama returned and was crowned to begin his glorious reign of Ayodhya.

About the Guler School of Painting
Guler was a small Indian hill state in the lower Himalayas, in modern-day Himachal Pradesh. The kingdom was founded in 1415 by Raja Hari Chand, a descendant of the royal family of Kangra. In the first half of the 18th century a family of Kashmiri painters, trained in Mughal painting, sought shelter at the court of Raja Dalip Singh (1695-1741) of Guler. This was the beginning of what came to be called the Guler style, though in its early phase it was known as Kangra art because of the royal family name. The Guler School of painting is also known under the umbrella term Pahari painting (literally meaning a painting from the mountainous regions, as 'pahar' means a mountain in Hindi). The term 'Pahari Painting' is used for a form of painting, done mostly in miniature, originating from Himalayan hill kingdoms of North India, during 17th-19th century, notably Basohli, Mankot, Nurpur, Chamba, Kangra, Guler, Mandi, and Garhwal.