India: 'Above: Kanara Ragini holding sword and shield, with white elephant with severed tusk and two male attendants; Below: Malasri Ragini with five female attendants, with one presenting a green bird'. 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.

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