Ragini Kakubha

$65
Item Code: HP76
Specifications:
Stone Color on Paper, With 24 Karat Gold Work
Dimensions 4.5" x 6.5"
Handmade
Handmade
Free delivery
Free delivery
Fully insured
Fully insured
100% Made in India
100% Made in India
Fair trade
Fair trade
A Ragamala (garland of musical modes) painting is a visual interpretation of musical modes, conveying certain emotions that arise from a mood or a situation, through visual forms. Majority of raga and ragini paintings show love scenes. Love is represented as viyoga (love in separation) or samyoga (love in union). These are the situations which figure in a number of Ragamala paintings.

Kakubha ragini, wife of a raga is tortured by separation. Wearing a yellow garment she goes to the forest, carrying a vina and reciting his beauty. She is longing for love and, weeping, while walking through the woods. The peacock, a symbol of lonely desire, tries to intercept her, perhaps to share her woes, but all in vain. The tree too spreads its branches of white flowers to take her in its fold and console her.

Her form is well-developed and her body is bedecked for love in the best of jewels. With hands and feet colored in henna, she wears a graceful attire. Her face is like a moon and her sidelong glances have infinite variety. Ragini Kakubha is tall and slender, has a delicate sweet face and a tranquil demeanor despite her intense feelings. The creeper twining the tree is a representation of love in separation and Kakubha is praying for the return of her lover.

This description by Renu Rana.

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