Transforming the bride: Gauri Puja in early twentieth-century Mithila painting
by Owens, Tammi M., M.A., THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, 2009, 55 pages; 1467290

Abstract:

This project investigates depictions of Gauri Puja, an offering of gratitude to the goddess Gauri (Parvati) in kohbar ghar (marriage house) wedding murals designed and executed by women during the four-day Hindu marriage ceremony in the Mithila region of Bihar, India. Drawing upon William G. Archer’s 1940 photographs of these murals in Darbhanga district, some of the earliest images of painted interiors from the region, I analyze the depicted narratives. I investigate the relationship between the iconography of the depicted figures and the wedding ceremony for which this space is painted and prepared.
 
AdviserPika Ghosh
SchoolTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
SourceMAI/ 47-06, p. , Sep 2009
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsCultural anthropology; Art history
Publication Number1467290
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