Among the most splendid works on display are four folios belonging to a Persian translation of the Ramayana prepared during around 1600 CE.
“The work, created for the emperor’s mother by the most respected painters of the time, is an excellent example of the fusion of the Persian and Indian artistic traditions,” said Eberhard Fischer, the director of Rietberg museum.
According to the organizers of the exhibition “the Ramayana series created at the courts of the Rajasthani princes are notable for their striking use of color and proto realism, and are a testament to the lively circulation of ideas among Indian painters”.
Visitors can also watch a traditional puppet show from Karnataka by SA Krishnaiah and B Veerana. The puppeteers and musicians enact an episode from Ramayana twice daily at the exhibition which will continue next month.