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| Keywords: Elokeshi is Offering Betel Leaf to the Mahant.jpg en This picture however depicts the scandalous Tarakeshwar Affair of 1873 which concerned the forbidden relationship between a Brahmin priest and Elokeshi the young wife of the Bengali government employee Nabin Chandra Banerjee who took his revenge by severing his wife ™s head with a fish knife Here Elokeshi is shown offering betel leaf an evergreen leaf that is chewed as a stimulant to the priest who is holding a huqqa a hubble-bubble or smoking pipe while seated on a chair The priest has the appearance of a 19th-century Bengali Babu “ a Hindu gentleman who had adopted aspects of European culture “ or an English dandy while Elokeshi is portrayed as a courtesan ~ 1875 http //collections vam ac uk/item/O71297/painting-elokeshi-is-offering-betel-leaf/ author PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Tarakeswar affair Hookahs in art | ||||
