Savitri 1878-1883 West Bengal, Calcutta The legendary princess Savitri embodies the Brahmanical vision of the ideal wifes unstinting devotion to the welfare of her husband. It is first told in the Mahabhatata that Savitri, rejecting many royal suitors, resolves to marry the poor forest dweller Satyavann, a man of high moral virtue, who has devoted his life to caring for his blind parents. When Satyavanns health fails and Yama, god of death appears to take his soul, Savitri pleads with Yama to spare him. Yama is so moved by the wife piety—and her courage in challenging him—that he grants her wish, and as a boon, restores Satyavanns parents eyesight as well. The artist has chosen the moment of boon granting by Yama to represent this story. The supine figure of Satyavann lies at Savitris side, deep in the forest awaiting death. Savitris hands are raised in supplication to the mighty presence that is Yama, crowned and clad in a crimson robe and wielding a bejeweled golden mace (gada

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Savitri 1878-1883 West Bengal, Calcutta The legendary princess Savitri embodies the Brahmanical vision of the ideal wifes unstinting devotion to the welfare of her husband. It is first told in the Mahabhatata that Savitri, rejecting many royal suitors, resolves to marry the poor forest dweller Satyavann, a man of high moral virtue, who has devoted his life to caring for his blind parents. When Satyavanns health fails and Yama, god of death appears to take his soul, Savitri pleads with Yama to spare him. Yama is so moved by the wife piety—and her courage in challenging him—that he grants her wish, and as a boon, restores Satyavanns parents eyesight as well. The artist has chosen the moment of boon granting by Yama to represent this story. The supine figure of Satyavann lies at Savitris side, deep in the forest awaiting death. Savitris hands are raised in supplication to the mighty presence that is Yama, crowned and clad in a crimson robe and wielding a bejeweled golden mace (gada

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