India: 'Above: Megha Raga, as Krishna, holding a sabre, with four female attendants; Below: Bhairavi Ragini tending Shiva shrine, with two female attendants'. Ragamala miniature painting, c. 1800. Ragamala Paintings are a series of illustrative paintings from medieval India based on Ragamala or the 'Garland of Ragas', depicting various Indian musical nodes, Ragas. They stand as a classical example of the amalgamation of art, poetry and classical music in medieval India. Ragamala paintings were created in most schools of Indian painting, starting in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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