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 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
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
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