Hanuman showing the images in his heart, in Kalighat folk style, c.1880

Source: Barbara Rossi, From the Ocean of Painting: India's Popular Paintings 1589 to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Page 64, plate 19. Scan by FWP, Aug. 2001.

"A pilgrim's souvenir painting depicting Hanuman revealing Rama and Sita in his heart. West Bengal, Kalighat. C.1880. Transparent and metallic water-based pigments on paper. 17 1/2" x 10 1/2". Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection."





A modern Madhubani rendering

Source: http://www.exoticindia.com/product/DE96/
(downloaded Sept. 2008)


A version from the printing press of Ravi Varma, c.1910's

Source: ebay, Jan. 2007


A religious print from c. the 1930's

Source: ebay, June 2007


A rather human-looking Hanuman

Source: ebay, Aug. 2012





A furrier vision (modern bazaar art)

Source: ebay, Sept. 2008


Another version of the same stance (bazaar art, late 1900's)

Source: ebay, May 2007


Here the scene has a superimposed yantra for meditative purposes

Source: http://www.mantraonnet.com/hanuman-yantra.jpg
(downloaded Apr. 2006)


His devotion earns him Rama's blessing and support (bazaar art, c.1980's)

Source: ebay, Dec. 2007





A cosmically huge Hanuman

Source: ebay, July 2012


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