Raja Ravi Varma Paintings Part II – Paintings Based On Hindhu Mythology

As we mentioned in Part I Raja Ravi Varma was a great painter and many of his famous paintings are based on Hindu mythology. He gave life to the characters of Ramayana and Mahabharata with his paintings. He is particularly noticed with his paintings on  Nala and Damayanti,  Dushyanta and Shakuntala. His paintings of mythological characters received accolades from art lovers around the world. See few of his  great paintings based on Hindu mythology.

Goddess Lakshmi – Painting of Hindu goddess Lakshmi

Goddess Saraswathi – Paintings of Hindu goddess Saraswathi

Viswamithra And Menaka – Menaka and Viswamithra sitting in an ashram

Birth Of Shakunthala - Viswamithra refusing to accept his daughter Shankunthala from Menaka

Sakunthala – Looks of love - Sankunthala looking back to Dushyanthan acting as she is injured with thorn

Shakunthala - Shakunthala sitting under a palmyrah tree, lost in thouhts

Shakunthala Pathra Lekhan - Shakunthala writing letters to Dushyanthan after fall in love with him

Sankunthala - Sakunthala sitting with her friends

Menaka And Shakunthala - Menaka and his daughter Shakunthala

Hamsa Damayanthi - Princess Damayanthi talking with royal  swan about her lover Nalan

Swan Messenger - Princess Damayanthi sending the royal swan as a messenger to Nalan

Nala Damayanthi - Nala leaving Damayanthi while she is in a deep sleep

Damayanthi Vanavasa – Damayanti is sitting alone in forest abandoned by Nalan

Kamsa Maya – Kamsa is trying to kill the child, shown maya by goddess Durga

Birth Of Krishna – Vasudeva and Devaki escaping from prison after the birth of Krishna

Yesoda With Krishna – Lord SriKrishna with his foster mother Yesoda when he was child

Yesoda And Krishna

Yesoda Adorning Krishna – Yesoda adorning little Krishna with beautiful ornaments

Bharatha – Painting of Bharatha in forest when he was a child

Sri Krishna Liberating his parents – Sri Krishna along with his brother Balarama liberating his parents after killing uncle Kamsa

Introducing Radha To Krishna

Radha Madhava – Love scene of Krishna and Radha

RadhaIs WaitingFor Krishna -Radha is waiting for her lover Sri Krishna eagerly in garden

Sree Krishna as Envoy –  Sree Krishna, as Envoy of Pandavas in Kaurava Court,

Droupathy With Simhika – Droupathy is taken to forest by simhika who plans to kill her

Droupathi In Virata’s Palace

Sree Rama Breaking The Bow –  Lord Sree Rama breaking the bow to win Sita as his wife

Sree Rama Crossing Sarayu river – Sree Rama along with Sita and Lakshmana crossing the Sarayu river

Jadayu Vadha- Ravana is killing Jatayu who encountering Ravana to save Sree Rama’s wife Sita

Sita Taken By Goddess Earth – Sita’s mother Goddess Earth is taking her deep into at Sree Rama’s court

Sree Rama Vanquishing the sea – Varuna the Lord of ocean, pacifying Sri Rama, angered at the intransigence of the sea to give way to enter Lanka

Santhanu and Matsyagandhi – King Santhanu falling in love with Matsyagandhi

Shantanu and Ganga – Shantanu trying to stop Ganga while trying to throw child in the river

Keechaka and Sairandhri – Keechaka trying to woo Sairandhri

Sairandhri – Draupadi disguised as Sairandhri going to the court of Keechaka carrying milk and honey

Syrendri – Draupadi, in the guise of Syrendri with Virata’s wife

Harischandra in Distress – Harischandra having lost his kingdom and all the wealth parting with his only son in an auction

Arjuna and Subhadra – Arjuna disguised as Sanyasi, with Balarama’s daughter Subhadra

Mohini and Rugmangada – Mohini asking Rugmangada to kill his own son

Shakunthala With her Friends