Hanuman, the monkey god, brings a Himalayan mountain with the herb sanjeevani to cure his brother Lakshman. Watercolour painting by an Indian painter.

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[between 1800 and 1899]
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574952i
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Hanuman, the monkey god, brings a Himalayan mountain with the herb sanjeevani to cure his brother Lakshman. Watercolour painting by an Indian painter. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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When Lakshman, Rama's younger brother was fatally wounded, the only cure was the herb sanjeevani which grew on the Himalayan mountain Dunagiri. In a hurry, Hanuman could not find the herb and so carried the entire mountain back

Publication/Creation

[India], [between 1800 and 1899]

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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 45.9 x 28 cm

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine” at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 – 8 April 2018

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Wellcome Collection 574952i

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