kashmir-school-of-painting-yantra-scroll-brahma-vishnu-and-shiva

YANTRA SCROLL FROM KASHMIR, HINDU COSMOLOGY, 20th century, with paintings of the Hindu Trilogy 'Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva', who are depicted seated on a Lotus flower. The painting on the top of the scroll depicts Vishnu as a child in the form of Vatapatra Shayi resting on the leaf with sage Markandeya receiving his darshana (vision). There are also paintings of Shiva, Parvati, Brahma, Ganesha and his consort, along with other celestial beings. Towards the end of the scroll are other members of the Hindu pantheon of gods and celestial beings like Kamadhenu the cow, holding seven Lokas (worlds) on her head, Vasuki (multi-hooded snake associated with churning of the ocean), Munduka (frog), etc. Each section shows a narrator seated on a lotus in a smaller circle on the lower right, perhaps the Brahmin who narrated the scripture for the scroll.
Gouache on paper; paper from Sialkot, Pakistan
125 x 7.5 in