Shakuntala writing a letter to King Dushyanta
Shakuntala writing a letter to King Dushyanta is a painting by Raja Ravi Varma, the great Indian Painter. This painting is displayed at Maharaja Fatesingh Museum, Laxmi Vilas Palace at Baroda in Gujarat.
This painting is based on the theme from the Indian epic Mahabharata - in which Shakuntala, daughter of Sage Kanwa writing a letter to King Dushyanta, her lover. Here Shakuntala is sitting with her sakhis or friends Priyamvada and Mitrayarya.