Wrestlers exercising, illustrating the musical mode Deshakh Ragini

Gouache on paper.

The musical mode Deshakh is visualised as wrestlers or athletes exercising in a landscape. One swings an Indian club, another climbs a pole feet first, the third lifts a heavy weight.

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