Narayan on the waters with Lakshmi massaging his legs surrounded by Narada, Maruti, Garuda and Tumbra, all surrounded by roundels. Coloured transfer lithograph.

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Narayan on the waters with Lakshmi massaging his legs surrounded by Narada, Maruti, Garuda and Tumbra, all surrounded by roundels. Coloured transfer lithograph. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Nārāyana is an incarnation of Vishnu

Maruti is another name for Hanuman

Tumbara is another spelling for Tumburu who is usually the personified tambour

Lettering in Devanagari script

The subject of the picture is also represented under the title "Vishnu on the milk ocean"

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Bombay (Giragamra Mumbai) : Bambe Siti Press (Bombay City Press) (Bombay : Ganapat Panduranga Kelasakana and Jayaram Dhondasheta Musuraka)

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1 print : transfer lithograph, with watercolour

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Wellcome Collection 25928i

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