Bharat Mata - Wikipedia
WEBBharat Mata (Bhārat Mātā, Mother India in English) is a national personification of India (Bharat [1]) as a mother goddess. Bharat Mata is commonly depicted dressed in a red or saffron-coloured sari and holding a national flag; she sometimes stands on a lotus and is accompanied by a lion. [2]
Bharat Mata (painting) - Wikipedia
WEBBharat Mata is a work painted by the Indian painter Abanindranath Tagore in 1905. However, the painting was first painted by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in the 1870s. The work depicts a saffron-clad woman, dressed like a sadhvi, holding a book, sheaves of paddy, a piece of white cloth, and a rudraksha garland (mala) in her four hands.
Mother, nation, icon: picturing territory and belonging in South Asia
WEBBharat Mata or “Mother India” is a powerful political symbol in South Asia, which over time has come to embody the idea of the Indian nation and its territory. Typically shown in the guise of a Hindu mother goddess, Bharat Mata first emerged as an idea and visual form in the late 19th century, when anti-colonial sentiments across the Indian ...
100 Years of Bharat Mata: 9 Iconic Indian Artworks
WEBSep 30, 2023 · The national personification of India as a mother goddess, known as Bharat Mata (Hindi, derived from Sanskrit), Mother India, or Bharatamba (incorporating 'amba,' meaning mother), emerged as an important symbolic representation in …
Bharat Mata - From Art To Reality - PeepulTree
WEBApr 15, 2018 · Catch the story of ‘Bharat Mata’, a powerful symbol which emerged against the British attempt to divide Indians on communal lines.
Bharat Mata Mandir - Wikipedia
WEBBharat Mata Mandir (meaning "Mother India Temple") is located on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith campus in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Instead of traditional statues of gods and goddesses, this temple has a huge map of Akhand Bharat carved in marble.
Smarthistory – Abanindranath Tagore’s Bharat Mata: Bengal …
WEBIn 1905, the celebrated Indian artist Abanindranath Tagore debuted his painting of Bharat Mata. Made from gouache, Tagore’s painting is one of the earliest renderings of the idea of “Bharat Mata,” or “Mother India,” as a political icon. The work centers on a lone female figure draped in saffron-colored robes, who stands amid a glowing ...
The Goddess who Mothered India in the 20th Century: Bharat Mata
WEBThe personification of India as a divine woman, Bharat Mata, took the spirit of an already growing nationalism to new heights. Beginning with the early 20th century, the image of Bharat Mata reached nearly every nook and corner of India.
Bharatmata - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBBhāratmātā (Hindi, Bengali, from Sanskrit Bhāratāmbā भारताम्बा; अम्बा ambā means 'mother', also known as Mother Carrier in English) is the National personification of the modern Republic of India "Bharat" as a Mother goddess.
Bhārat Mātā - Hinduism - Oxford Bibliographies
WEBBhārat Mātā (a Sanskrit phrase that literally translates as “India Mother”) is also widely known across India as “Mother India.” Since her emergence in the late 19th century, this novel mother/goddess has been imagined as the substantial embodiment of Indian national territory, as well as its inviolable essence.
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