Pergamonmuseum: Mystical Encounters. Sufis, Kings and Yogini in Indian Miniature Painting

The special presentation in the Book Art Cabinet of the Pergamon Museum sheds light on asceticism in the various religions on the Indian subcontinent from the 16th to the 18th century. The cultural and religious diversity of the ascetics, Sufis and yoginis is made vivid by means of selected examples from the album pages of Indian miniature painting.

Image caption:Mihr Chand, Eine Zusammenkunft von Asketen und Musikern unter einem Baum, Indien, um 1765-1773, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Islamische Kunst / Johannes Kramer