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| Kalighat is a school of Indian painting which flourished in the
nineteenth century in the area of Calcutta near the Kali temple.
The artists made a modest living selling their work to the pilgrims
who flocked to the temple at Kalighat.
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| The goddess Kali | ||||||||||
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| The god Ganesh | ||||||||||
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| Priest with a bird on his head | ||||||||||
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| An Englishman on an elephant shooting at a tiger | ||||||||||
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| Water snake swallowing a fish | ||||||||||
| Hundreds of thousands of "Kalighats" were made in the nineteenth century. Today, only a few hundred survive. The largest collection is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. There is also a sizeable collection at the Gurusaday Museum, a few miles to the south of Calcutta. There's a good collection on the top floor of the Indian Museum; the gallery is directly above the main entrance to the museum. | ||||||||||
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