On July 25, there was a curatorial walk on Indian Miniature Paintings conducted by Shailka Mishra, Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad. The walk was organised by the Salar Jung Museum and Mukhtyar, who started off as a heritage enthusiast and is now a affable heritage walk leader, sent me the information. I thought I might attend it, Salar Jung Museum is too vast to cover and comprehend in one go and it makes sense to look at sections separately under the guidance of an expert. I asked Anjali if she wanted to come along and she did. Just the museum ticket and nothing else.
We bought the ticket and parked. I could not resist taking a picture of Salar Jung III's statue outside and then his picture inside. At one time this entire length of the road outside the Salar Jung Museum was part of the Dewan Deodi and one wonders how it disintegrated into those small crowded buildings.
The Salar Jung Museum educational curator Joyoti introduced a small crowd to Shailka who then took us through the miniatures section - starting with the Mughal period miniatures, then Deccani, Pahari, Rajasthani, Malwa and other regions. Some interesting pictures of a wine making process similar to the one we see in Italian movies, one about a boy shooting arrows at a female (wonder why), royal couple listening to music and getting a little cosy etc.
There were portraits of Shahjehan, Jahangir, Akbar, Asaf Jah 1, paintings of scenes, of Krishna, of Hindu Mythology and many others. She pointed out to the work of certain artists who had their unique style. She conducted the walk fro about 45 minutes and wound up.
Not too many walk ins. Anjali also wandered off and was later found drinking Pepsi in the canteen. We headed back home after.
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