"World Poetry Day" 21st March 2022
On this day, presenting a painting by Raja Ravi Varma - an adaptation of of the Poem VEENA NU MRUG written by the Gujarati poet "Kalapi" (1874-1900). Kalapi was the pen name of Prince Sursingji, Lathi (a princely state near Bhavnagar in Gujarat).
The Poem is based on the promise that the true value of art is understood through its audience. In this poem, the protagonist plays the musical instrument VEENA and it attracts a MRUG (Deer) which became her faithful listener. When the hunter kills the deer, he advertently kills the music in her.
In this painting, Raja Ravi Varma has replaced Deer with a Bird without devieting from the gist of the poem!!
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