A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)

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A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)

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Date
c. 1810
Medium
gum tempera and gold on paper
Culture
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Devgarh
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
314456

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Clad in only her undergarment, an adolescent girl performs a ritual of morning prayer. She pours a stream of water that splashes down the steps of the platform on which she stands, her garland and orange sari on the ground behind her. Devotional practice in India can occur in nature, in the open air, without the presence of a temple, icon, or a priest. Animals stir in the hills, and a goose has caught a fish. The artist appears to have connected the peace and bounty of the land with the pious act of honoring the sun with water. One of the two ducks in the lotus pond has a fish in its bill.

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Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
?–2018: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art | ?–2018: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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