As #Delhi roasts at 49.9°c (a record) Maharaja Sur Singh of #Jodhpur #Marwar #Rajasthan sits smoking a #Huqqa without his shirt on!
And, so does his attendant, fanning him in this c1760 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's Inc on 27th October 2023 for £5040.
#Delhi sizzles at over 45°c today.
It is too hot to go out for a smoke.
So, this Lady with a #Huqqa stands in a Window to enjoy a smoke.
This c1780 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Nurpur #HimachalPradesh / #Punjab Hills from the collection of Toby Falk was auctioned by Christie's Inc on 27th Oct, 2023 for £1890
So, it rained in #Delhi #NewDelhi again.
April & May are usually dry months up in the North of #India
Effects of #ClimaticChange ?
This Important c1740 AD #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting by #Artist Nidha Mal was sold by Sothebys
#Mughal emperor #Jahangir's Wife #NurJahan & Mumtaz Begum Smoking a #Huqqa & Admiring #DelhiWeather from the Terrace of a Palace, with #QutubMinar Visible in Distant.
From the #DavidCollection at #Copenhagen #Denmark 'A Company of Englishmen' with the clumsy Army Officer Tom Raw overturning a #Huqqa during dinner at #Calcutta #Bengal
c1830 #CompanyPainting from #Patna #Bihar #India by an Indian #Artist based on a work by an Irish #EastIndiaCompany officer & artist, Charles D'Oyly, who founded an #Art society strangely named as the 'Bihar School of Athens'.
(Why Athens?)
Two Women on a Terrace, Smoking #Huqqa & Flying #Kites on #Basant signifying the arrival of the #Spring #Season
On #BasantPanchmi #VasantPanchami
A major festival for the #Hindus, #Sikhs & #Muslims of the #Indian Subcontinent
c1785 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from the #EdwinBinney collection now at San Diego #Museum of #Art USA
A Nobleman Kneeling & Smoking a #Huqqa
c1730 AD Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Deccan #India from Lord Berwick's Album bought by Sir John Soane in 1827 & now at Soane #Museum #London
In a recent News, #Canadian #ForrestFires have turned the Skies Orange colour in #Canada & #USA
Raja Balwant Singh of #Nagrota #Jammu sits under such a Sky, Smoking a #Huqqa in this c1760 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting by #Nainsukh of #Guler #Himalayan Hill State of #Punjab now in #HimachalPradesh #India
This #Painting is now at Indian #Museum #Calcutta #Kolkata
Women take so long to get dressed!
Hours in front of a mirror & a #Huqqa in hand!
c1775 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting #Painting by artist Fattu, the son of master artist #Nainsukh of #Guler of the #Punjab #Himalayan State, now #HimachalPradesh State of #India
'A Maiden Gazes at her Reflection in a Mirror'.
Now at the Jagdish Mittal collection at #Hyderabad
For everyone, please note, Human Migrations makes local #Culture richer.
Example, #Gaddis may be an insignificant part of #IndianHistory & #IndianCulture
Limited, but not wholly excluded.
Like, in this c1840AD #Sikh #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh sold by Bonhams 'Radha & #Krishna in a Garden, watched by a #Huqqa Smoking Gaddi'.
#India #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Art #IndianHeritage #Paintings #Historyv#Heritage #Painting #Jammu #Himalayas #Himalayan #Jammu
#MakarSakranti, the day when Sun transits from the Zodiac of Sagittarius ( Southern) to Capricorn (Northern Hemisphere) is celebrated as the day of Bonfire (#Lohri), Feast, #Art, Dance & KiteFlying like in this 1785 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh #India (#Punjab Hills) from #EdwinBinney 3rd collection now at San Diego Museum of Art
'Two Women on a Terrace Smoking #Huqqa & #KiteFlying'.
