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Raja Ravi Varma: English: Santhanu and Matsyagandhiമലയാളം: ശന്തനുവും മത്സ്യഗന്ധിയും
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English: Santhanu and Matsyagandhi മലയാളം: ശന്തനുവും മത്സ്യഗന്ധിയും |
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English: King Shantanu falling in love with Matsyagandhi (Satyavati. King Shantanu is captivated by Satyavati or Matsyagandha and wants to marry her. Their liaison later set the stage for the epic Mahabharata. Satyavati, brought up by a fish chieftain, agrees to marry Shantanu on the condition that their children would inherit the throne, thereby denying Devavrata, Shantanu's son his rightful place. Shantanu doesn't agree to it initially but after his son, Devavrata takes the bachelor-hood vow and comes to be addressed as Bhishma, agrees to the conditions, Shantanu marries her and fathers two children -- Chitrangada and Vichitravirya.) |
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| Date | 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 35 x 50 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/shantanu-and-matsyagandha-ravi-varma-press/XgEh1efy25qe2Q | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 16:09, 13 November 2022 | | 489 × 721 (387 KB) | Redtigerxyz | Reverted to version as of 04:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC) not the same painting |
| 15:49, 11 September 2022 |  | 7,135 × 9,808 (53.37 MB) | Yann | white balance | |
| 15:41, 11 September 2022 |  | 7,135 × 9,808 (27.1 MB) | Yann | much better quality | |
| 04:45, 8 March 2010 |  | 489 × 721 (387 KB) | Tetraktys | better quality | |
| 17:49, 22 March 2008 |  | 484 × 696 (208 KB) | Finavon | border cropped | |
| 07:28, 30 September 2005 |  | 487 × 699 (210 KB) | Ranveig | category:Hindu mythology |
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