Mrinalini Mukherjee made the hemp-fibre sculpture Vanshri in 1994. What does its title Vanshri mean?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Goddess of the Woods
The title Vanshri means ‘Goddess of the Woods’.
NCERT (2026-27): “Vanshri This artwork was created by Mrinalini Mukherjee in 1994. She uses an unusual material to make this sculpture. She uses hemp-fibre, a medium that she experimented with from the early 1970s. … In this work, entitled Vanshri or ‘Goddess of the Woods’, she turns this ordinary material into a monumental form.”
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