Kalighat Painting

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Catalogue identifier

vam-kalighat-painting

Alternate titles and import identifiers

Author or attribution

Unrecorded

Record type

Article

Language

English

Date / edition

Date not recorded

Source / repository

Victoria and Albert Museum

Access

Open access

Subjects

Kalighat; Bengal; Devotional art; Painting

Description and curator notes

Background on the Kalighat painting tradition associated with the area around Kolkata's Kali temple. A contextual source rather than a dedicated Kali scripture.

Source access

Read or locate the original source at Victoria and Albert Museum

Rights and reading conditions

Read on the museum website. The source's text and image rights apply.

Citation

Victoria and Albert Museum. “Kalighat Painting.” https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/kalighat-painting

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