Menaka and Shakuntala

MENAKA-SHAKUNTALA: There are a series of prints from the Ravi Varma Press depicting the story of Shakuntala. The pictorial narrative is almost complete commencing with the Birth of Shakuntala in Shakuntala-Janm and ending with the reunion of Shakuntala and Dushyanta. This print from the Ravi Varma Press derived from a painting by Raja Ravi Varma depicts Menaka, Shakuntala’s mother carrying Shakuntala with her into the heavens after her trials and disappointment in love.