High Quality Prints of Vintage Lithographs of Hindu Gods and Goddesses and Temple Deities Used in Indian Wall Calendars
These are high quality prints of Lithographs of scenes from the Puranas and Hindu deities in old wall-calendars used in Indian households and offices since many decades.
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he Indian generation of the last century grew up seeing brightly coloured scenes of tales from Hindu Puranas and images of gods and goddesses hung as calendars on the walls of their homes and workplaces.
The designs and images of divinity were so well done that these calendars also served well as deities to worship in small temples in homes and workplaces.
These prints of deities were actually high quality paintings which were mass printed to serve as posters for wall calendars with offset printing technique based on lithographic method of creating prints. Almost every business got these calendars printed every year and distributed these free to their suppliers and customers and so these penetrated every house, shop and office over time. The poster in these calendars, almost invariably, would depict either a scene in a story or a deity; both from the Puranas, Ramayana or Mahabharata.
These vivid images did Indians good by subtly instilling shastra and tradition in Indian psyche.
Unfortunately such lithographs have now become a thing of the past since these are being fast replaced by modern digital imagery and such quality depictions of Hindu deities and divine stories as seen in those lithographic prints of gods and deities are becoming very rare.
The small number of lithographic prints that are produced and the ones available with art dealers or with individuals are the only ones available in circulation. The art and culture packed in the imagery and portraits of these lithographs is a treasure that needs to be preserved.
We bring you exact replicas of these vintage Hindu lithographs as beautiful prints on high-quality paper. These colourful prints may be framed and hung on walls and these will not only beautify them but will remind the beholder of the depth, richness and beauty of the Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata.
