NOT AWARE OF RAJA RAVI VARMA’S MENAKA-SHAKUNTALA PAINTING MISUSED AS LESBIAN COUPLE BY ADULT TOY STORE, SAYS RAJA RAVI VARMA FOUNDATION

Raja Ravi Varma
Photo courtesy: OpIndia

A controversy erupted on November 29 after it was discovered that a sex toys store ‘Besharam’ was using a painting by famous painter Raja Ravi Verma to sell ‘adult toys’. The website used the ‘Menaka Shakuntala’ painting by Raja Ravi Varma and depicted it as if the subjects in the painting were lesbians. Menaka was actually an Apsara and Shakuntala was her daughter, born out of a union with Rishi Vishvamitra. But Besharam depicted them as a lesbian couple, disregarding the sentiments of Hindus.


Read more at: https://www.opindia.com/2022/11/raja-ravi-varma-foundation-denies-knowledge-of-besharam-misusing-menaka-shakuntala-painting/

 

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  • 1 Dec 2022
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