A Kalighat painting, watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890, showing Yudhishthira, eldest of the five Pandava brothers and the Mahabharata's exemplar of dharma, worshipping a lingam shrine together with his wives. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under accession IS.272-1961.
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The V&A's own title and contentPerson field name Yudhishthira directly, shown worshipping at a lingam shrine with his wives, a Kalighat devotional scene from ca. 1890.
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