Painting

In this painting, a Rajput nobleman and his companion watch a celebration of the festival of Teej, held to mark the arrival of the monsoon. The coming of the rains signifies fecundity and renewal, as seen in the verdant depiction of the garden and the snake-like lightening in the sky. In fine clothes and with henna-painted hands, women carry an effigy of the female deity Parvati, holding floral fronds aloft, and swing from a mango tree as lightening flashes across the sky.