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# Asavari Ragini

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the beautiful Asavari, a girl of the Bhil tribe, is clad in a peacock-feathered skirt surrounded by numerous serpents. She is seated stroking a snake, contact with the cooling trunk of the snake relieves the passion she feels for her lover.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1750–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-232-1950](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-232-1950) · Pramāṇa
