Book-illustration

Page from a manuscript on paper of the 'Bhāgavata Purāṇa'. Painting in opaque watercolour showing a Hindu marriage. The groom, coloured in blue, stands with his bride before the sacred fire, into which the officiating 'brahmin' ladles 'ghee'. On either side are other priests and male and female attendants.

Kind

artefact

Date

1500 CE