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Fragment d'un monumental Pata jaïn de Shatrunjaya
India, Gujarat, 18th century Pigments on canvas, depicting an architectural complex of temples, courtyards and ponds, planted with trees of various species and inhabited by a multitude of characters and animals (peacocks, dogs, elephants, cows, monkeys). Size 127 x 97 cm In the 18th and 19th centuries, Shatrunjaya's patas were used as maps, photographs, souvenirs and shrines. Shatrunjaya is a hill in Gujarat, home to the main temple of Adishvara, the Jain spiritual leader, as well as numerous smaller shrines. Patas (paintings on cloth) enable believers to commemorate commemorate this journey or experience it from a distance. A part of a very large pata of Shatrunjaya, India, Gujarat, 18th century
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Fragment d'un monumental Pata jaïn de Shatrunjaya
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