This is a strikingly appealing folio based on the epic 'Shahnama' by great Central Asian poet Firdausi.
Though the subject of this painting is based on a Persian work, the treatment is Indian.
At display in Museum Rietberg, Zurich, this marvelous work was created in the 15th century.

We visited the group art exhibition organised by the 3rd year students of Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculty Of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Artworks touched on the various subjects, often relating to the place.

Brijesh Vishwakarma, a 4th year student of Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Department at Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, opens up about his influences, journey and aspirations.

Made in 15th century India, in the Gujrat region, this miniature painting depicts a scene from the life of Mahavira, the founder of Jainism.

Anand Verma, a 3rd year student of Bachelor of Fine Arts, Banaras Hindu University, enjoys making live portraits of his neighbors and others strolling narrow bylanes of Varanasi.
This short film is done during one such session where Anand did a live portrait of a small girl child who helps her mother sell flowers.

Brijesh, emerging young artist, a final year student at Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, made a portrait of the revered leader to pay his tributes.

Tara, a bodhisattva of compassion and protection, is shown dispensing boons to the surrounding devotees, as indicated by her lower hand held in varada mudra. From the tips of her fingers she drips nectar into the mouth of the hungry ghost (preta) who sits below, his belly swollen because of starvation.
Learn more about this painting, presently at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Team SHURUA(R)T along with Professor Suresh K. Nair Nair from Visual Arts Faculty, Banaras Hindu University, spent 2 hours with kids, full of awe, admiration and inspiration. We organized a workshop intended to give the students the very basics of art.

The painting of Ratnapani, a bodhisattva, the one who bears the wish fulfilling gem. The video is about the elements of this painting, explained by B.N. Goswami.