Site Name: Paithan
Date: ca 1840-1860 CE
Subject: Painting used by a wandering bard (chitrakathi) at public performances. This is a folk painting, meant to be held up during public performances. The crude forcefulness in execution is typified by the use of betal nut juice spat at the painting to simulate blood. These paintings have generally been attributed to a place in Maharashtra called Paithan, which was then part of Hyderabad state. [Babhruvahana Shoots the Ardha Candrakrti Vana to Vrsaketu]