# A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala

- Date: c. 1695
- Medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Page: 37.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
- Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.139)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2018.139/2018.139_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The painting is divided into two registers. The top register depicts a royal lady being attended by maidservants outside a bed chamber. The lower register depicts a noble walking with his consort, holding her tight and offering her a garland. The surrounding women dance and play music with an exuberance echoed in the vegetation.