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Ragini Madhumadhvi feeds a peacock outside her palace.

Ragmala or gar|and of melodies was a favorite theme of Raiasthani
painters, outstandingly imaginative the concept represents synthesis
of three disciplines — music, poetry and painting.

In northern Indian trandition, there are six ragas; each having ﬁve wives - raginis, thus a set of 36 is often painted in Raiasthan. lts popularity started in the late 16th and continued upto the 19th century.

The series displayed here was painted, most probably at Amber during the time of Mirza Raja Jai Singh (1621 -1667). All of them have a text at the top, which are illustrated below.