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| Keywords: Lingayat vader (mendicant priest).jpg Lingayat vader mendicant priest Anglo-Indian school at Delhi circa 1835 Opaque watercolour heightened with gold on wasli with 4 accompanying pages of descriptive text elegantly written by Muhammad Bakhsh Folio 33 3 x 20cm; image 17 4 x 11 5cm Mounted/matted Lingayats are unorthodox monotheistic brahmins worshipping only Shiva in the form of the lingam Instead of the brahmin sacred thread they wear around their neck a cord with an Ishtalinga lingam attached Their unorthodoxy is radical in rejecting the Vedas and paying no regard to the caste system with their priests performing religious ceremonies for those that the orthodox brahmins would not and also allowing women to particpate in ceremonies which otherwise they could not Lingayat vaders also known as jangams are mendicant priests who carry a bell with them to announce their presence 1835 http //www indianminiaturepaintings co uk/ author PD-Art Physicians in art Uploaded with VicuñaUploader 19th-century physicians | ||||
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