The Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation's own collection record, hosted via the Google Arts and Culture partner platform, for "Adi Shankaracharya," a lithograph print of a painting by the Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma and the Ravi Varma Press, dated circa 1904. The record credits the work to the Hemamalini and Ganesh Shivaswamy collection in Bengaluru, India, and describes Shankara at the composition's focal point, dressed in red, surrounded by his four principal disciples, illustrating his founding of four monastic centers across India to preserve Advaita Vedanta.
Facts
Citation
PublisherGanesh Shivaswamy Foundation
URLhttps://artsandculture.google.com/asset/adi-shankaracharya/WgFvX3x6i0ckfQ
Source TypeInstitutional
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding foundation's own catalogue record for the collection item, the strongest available record for its artist, date and subject, its own description directly naming Shankara as the composition's focal figure. Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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