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Kanhara Ragini: Song of Inspiration to Krishna for Killing the Elephant Demon, from the Ragamala Series

Cleveland Museum of Art

Red rectangular frame surrounds a painting depicting a scene with people, animals, and trees. The frame has white text at the top. Inside the frame, a black elephant is on a green hill in the upper left, facing right, with a white deer and another animal on a hill in the upper right. A brown horse with an orange and blue saddle is on the left side, and a white horse with a red and gold saddle is on the right side. Seven people wearing various colored robes and headwear are present. A woman in a pink robe is on the left, and a man in a green robe holding a sword and shield stands next to a tree. A man in an orange robe plays a flute. A man in a red robe stands in the bottom left, facing right with his right arm raised. The background includes hills, trees, flowers, and a gray moon.

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676 × 893 px
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