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Bharat Mata (Bhārat Mātā, Mother India in English) is a national personification of India (Bharat) as a mother goddess. Bharat Mata is commonly depicted dressed in a red or saffron -coloured sari and holding a national flag ; she sometimes stands on a lotus and is accompanied by a lion .
Bharata Mata College (Autonomous) is a nationally accredited first grade arts and science co-educational institution of higher learning in the aided sector, under Bharata Mata Educational Trust owned and managed by the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
Bharat Mata is a work painted by the Indian painter Abanindranath Tagore in 1905. However, the painting was first painted by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in the 1870s. The work depicts a saffron-clad woman, dressed like a sadhvi, holding a book, sheaves of paddy, a piece of white cloth, and a rudraksha garland (mala) in her four hands.
Sep 30, 2023 · Explore the changing depictions of Bharat Mata, the national personification of India, by 8 artists over the last century. Learn about the history, symbolism, and significance of Bharat Mata in Indian art and culture.
Apr 15, 2018 · Learn how Bharat Mata, the symbol of India as a motherland, was born as a painting by Abanindranath Tagore in 1905, inspired by the nationalist movement. Discover how this image spread across India and became a rallying point for freedom fighters.
Mar 18, 2016 · The icon of Bharat Mata very quickly acquired a wide ranging visual forms and registers i.e. calendar, lithograph, border of dhoti, match box labels and cartoons. This history reveals a fascinating entanglement of the anthropomorphic body of a divine mother with the map/ the territory of the nation.
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The personification of India as a divine woman, Bharat Mata, took the spirit of an already growing nationalism to new heights. Beginning with the early 20th century, the image of Bharat Mata reached nearly every nook and corner of India.
