English: Miniature by Nainsukh (c. 1710-1778), Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (https://collections.vam.ac.uk/name/nainsukh/12063/ link), c. 1750 V&A comments: Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, the Raja Balwant Singh doing a puja at a Vishnu shrine, attended by servants. He is bare chested and wears a white dhoti, and sits in a chamber before a shrine in which a salagrama, a shrine sacred to Vishnu, is covered by a cloth decorated with garlands and a peacock-crown, conch, discus, mace and lotus. Two servants holding murchhals attend the Raja, while a third, squatting in front of a wall outside, prepares a brazier for use in the puja. c. 1750, Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 26 cm
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