Benode Behari Mukherjee, a student of Nandalal Bose, made a mural called Medieval Saints. On the walls of which building did he make it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Hindi Bhavana, Shantiniketan
Option (1) Baroda Art School — Incorrect. This school came up in the late 1950s and is linked with K. G. Subramanyan and Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, not with this mural.
Option (2) Hindi Bhavana, Shantiniketan — Correct. Mukherjee made Medieval Saints on the walls of Hindi Bhavana in Shantiniketan.
Option (3) Cholamandalam School, near Madras — Incorrect. This school is linked with artists who felt the impact of Group 1890, not with Mukherjee.
Option (4) Government School of Art, Calcutta — Incorrect. This is where Jamini Roy received the training he later rejected.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Rather than making paintings around well-known epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, Benode Behari Mukherjee was drawn to the lives of medieval saints. On the walls of Hindi Bhavana in Shantiniketan, he made a mural called Medieval Saints, in which he charts a history of medieval India through the lives of Tulsi Das, Kabir and others, and focuses on their humane teachings.” |