Virtual Museum

A virtual museum designed to create greater awareness about the music, oral and visual traditions of the country.

[AIIS @AIISIndia]

Images from this project will also be housed in the archives of #AIIS Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds (VMIS)! https://t.co/ailxpPCzA7 @vmistweet

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@caaaiis Vishnu in his Sesasayi (sleeping on the coils of the divine serpent) form is enshrined in the Well Shaft of the #stepwell patronised by Queen Udayamati in her capital #Patan, #Gujarat. This seven levels deep step well was conceived as an inverted temple of Lord #Vishnu.

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#AIIS #CAA documented this manuscript in 1977 from personal collection of Maharaja Vibhuti Narayan Singh of #Banaras and preserved the images for half a century in CA&A Photo-archives. Learn more.. https://t.co/Kc6EFudfii #varanasi #royalcollection #maharajavibhutinarayan

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Browse an illustrated Sundarkand of Ramcaritamanas, documented and launched by #AIIS #CAA on its website-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds (https://t.co/J9vrMXnSbP...) , with noted by Philip Lutgendorf, former AIIS President and a scholar of Hindi.

[Madhya Pradesh Tourism @MPTourism]

Thoughts worth listening to:
Listen to Dr. Vandana Sinha, Director of the Center for Art & Archaeology at the American Institute of Indian Studies, as she discusses the importance of raising awareness about heritage preservation.
#WorldHeritageConvention #WorldHeritage #MPTourism

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Gopinath Singh, son of Ratan Singh of Bundi
Painting from Bundi, 1675
Patna, gopi krishna kanoria collection
Via @vmistweet

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such intricate carving, with minute details done by artists of that era is amazing
Samatala ceiling dated 950 CE in Siva temple of Kerakot Kachh/ Kutch Gujarat, Maha-Gurjara era
Bhuj, Kachh Museum @vmistweet
musicians, dancers playing musical instrument?
identify?

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And finally, we just held an event to celebrate the life, memory, and work of Frederick M Asher to close out our anniversary year. Videos coming soon!

https://t.co/yGpDDDRnLO

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We released podcasts that feature the history and legacy of #AIIS as an institute and the relationships that AIIS has fostered over the years with fabulous colleagues like Ralph W. Nicholas, Sara Simons,Thomas Metcalf, Rakesh Ranjan, and Robert P. Goldman!
https://t.co/LcgwH9pmlt

[g katyan misra @kamlesm]

Vain Nayika? heard?
1800s Pahari painting from Garhwal via @vmistweet
playing musical Instrument earlier called as Been बीन now Veena वीणा, seems on terrace in palace garden as flowering plant depicted in background
it could be part of large painting?
a painting on नायिका भेद

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@metellall @LogicalSanatan @IndiaHistorypic Yes, Common Era.

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@kamlesm 😊 true

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@kamlesm Most water structures are neglected because people are ignorant about the importance of them in the chain of water supply that reaches their houses.

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@dvinod_in @kamlesm @INTACHIndia True and we have abundant water heritage structures scattered all across the country which reflect how intelligently such systems were devised to serve the needs of the vast populations.

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@kamlesm Thanks for pointing out. We will correct it.

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@vmistweet people reside all around this #water Tank we call it Kund कुण्ड , structure used to store water, could it be a #stepwell or such to conserve water or Rain water harvesting structure? needs to be studied? @INTACHIndia
Abhaykut, Chanderpur, Madhya Pradesh
image via @vmistweet

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@kamlesm It’s Abhay Koop, अभय कूप, which means Abhaya’s Well!

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View the newly launched collections on VMIS from Kala Bhumi Museum in Odisha @ https://t.co/3zTuJAgRQ5 #folk #art #Indianart #India #terracotta #Indianterracotta #museum #Bhubaneswar

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Kamoda Kamod? Ragini, 1670 CE Painting from Bundi
Gopi Krishna Kanoria collection, Patna via @vmistweet

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Lover ascending castle wall at night,
1800 CE Rajasthani painting at Jaipur Museum
via @vmistweet
such acts can't be successful without help of nayika? not in backdrop traditional method of irrigation, what's its name? other is Rahat. boat indicates he came by boat? lake palace?