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Pahari Paintings: Art and Stories

Cleveland Museum of Art · Jan 18, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026

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Works in this exhibition

Rumal with Vishnu temple and subsidiary shrinesNorthern India, Pahari Kingdom of Chamba · 1700s
Raja Dilip Singh of Guler on a daisNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1707
Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah with his brother and sonNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1700
Descent of the GangesNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1700–1710

Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata PuranaNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1700–1725

Taking of the toll, Dana-LilaNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1760

Heroine with attendant and a pair of deerNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1710–20

Raja Sansar Chand attacking Kangra FortNorthern India, Pahari kingdom of Kangra · after 1782

Sindhu (Saindhava) Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a RagamalaNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1680–90

Krishna celebrates HoliNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1770

Adoration of young KrishnaNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1720–25

Shamsher Sen of Mandi with a youthNorthern India, Pahari Kingdom of Mandi · 1760–70

Feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s sons, from Chapters 14–15 of the "Bala Kanda" (Book of Childhood) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)Northern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1810

Rumal with Rama and Krishna scenesNorthern India, Pahari Kingdom of Chamba · 1700s

Madhava faces a man holding a scale, folio 1 from a Madhavanala-KamakandalaNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1720

A group of women in ecstasy before Madhava, folio 4 from a Madhavanala-KamakandalaNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1720

King Vikrama summons Madhava, folio 15 from a Madhavanala-KamakandalaNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1720

Goddess standing on a mountaintopMaster of the court of Mandi · c. 1720

Stone sculptures in a Shiva templeNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1710

Madhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, folio 3 from a Madhavanala-KamakandalaNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1720

Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookahNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1700

Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, folio 19 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala of AlamNorthern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1720