To which school of Pahari painting does the Baramasa painting A couple in the month of Jyestha (1800) belong?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Kangra
A couple in the month of Jyestha is a Baramasa painting of the Kangra School. A Baramasa set has 12 folios showing the modes of love suited to each month of the year.
NCERT (2026-27): “Kangra School …The Baramasa paintings, consisting of 12 folios, illustrating the modes of love or courtship appropriate to each month of the year had become a popular theme in the hills during the nineteenth century. An account of Baramasa is given by Keshav Das in the tenth chapter of Kavipriya. He, thus, describes the hot month of Jyeshtha, which falls in the months of May and June.”
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