At Sunder Nursery, historic Iran-India relation told via art
New Delhi, May 30 -- A temporary exhibition at the Sunder Nursery plaza is attracting the curiosity of many Delhiwalas on their evening stroll, who find themselves veering from their straight-angled walking paths towards a set of 18 panels that draw a historic connection not known to many.
Sample this: A 19th-century painting depicting the Hindu god of death and justice Yama is juxtaposed with a 17th or 18th century illustration of Yima or Jamshid, a king from Iranian folklore, who is said to have built a refuge known as "the Vara of Jamkard to preserve selected humans, animals, and plants from a devastating winter." The Mahabharata, interestingly, also describes Yama's hall, as a place free from suffering, sorrow, hunger, or thirst.
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