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Hindu deity Karttikeya or Murugan with his consorts on his Vahana peacock

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Raja Ravi Varma: Sri Shanmukha Subrahmanya Swami   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Raja Ravi Varma  (1848–1906)  wikidata:Q333453 q:en:Raja Ravi Varma
 
Raja Ravi Varma
Alternative names
Iravivarmā; Ravi Varma
Description painter and creator
An Indian painter who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Date of birth/death 29 April 1848 Edit this at Wikidata 2 October 1906 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kilimanoor Edit this at Wikidata Attingal Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
India Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q333453
Title
Sri Shanmukha Subrahmanya Swami
label QS:Len,"Sri Shanmukha Subrahmanya Swami"
label QS:Lar,"سري شانموكاها سوبرامانيا سوامي"
label QS:Lml,"ശ്രീ ഷണ്മുഖ സുബ്രഹ്മണ്യസ്വാമി"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
العربية: إله الحرب الهندوسي مُرُگَنْ، مُعتليًا طاووسًا وعن يساره زوجته ديڤاسينا، وعن يمينه زوجته ڤالي. مُرُغَنْ هو الابن الثاني لشيڤا وبارفاتي. حمل آجني، وهو إله النار في الميثولوجيا الهندوسيِّة، ستة ألسنة نارية من عين پارفاتي الثالثة، ووضعها في بُحيرة ساراڤانا وولد ستة أطفال. عند وصول شيڤا وزوجته پارفاتي، ضمتهم پارفاتي إليها فاختلطت أجسادهم وصارت جسدًا واحدًا ذا رؤوس متعدّدة (رؤوس الستة). اللوحة من رسم الفنان الهندي راجا راڤي ڤارما، الذي اشتهر برسم آلهة الهندوس.
English: Hindu deity Karttikeya or Murugan with his consorts on his Vahana peacock.
Français : Le dieu indou Kârttikeya (ou Murugan) avec ses consorts sur sa monture (ou Vāhana), un paon.
മലയാളം: മയിൽവാഹനമേറിയ മുരുകനും ഭാര്യമാരും.
Date Unknown date
Inscriptions Signature bottom left
Source/Photographer C. Cunniah & co. Glass Merchants 248-249 Devaraja Mudaly Street Madras.(Ravi Varma Press, Karla Lonavla)
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  • 2006-08-12 22:25 Hydkat 303×385× (36433 bytes) This is a picture of a painting of [[Raja Ravi Verma]] of Lord Murugan. (Rather nice actually) Source: [www.hotdishes.com/ravivarmaart.htm]

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14:07, 4 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 14:07, 4 January 20122,545 × 3,474 (1.25 MB)Pernoctator (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Artwork |artist={{Creator:Raja Ravi Varma}} |title={{en|SHRI SHANMUKHA SUBRAMANIA SWAMI}} {{ml|മുരുകനും കുടുംബവും}} |description={{en|1={{w|Murugan}} with family on his {{w|Vahana}} {{w|peacock}}.
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