India: Above: Nat Ragini on horseback and holding a sword above decapitated body, about to attack a second enemy; Below: Kedara Ragini, wearing cape and culottes with a crescent moon on her forehead and sitting on tiger-skin, with female attendant. (Ragma

Ragamala Paintings are a series of illustrative paintings from medieval India based on Ragamala or the 'Garland of Ragas', depicting various Indian musical nodes, Ragas. They stand as a classical example of the amalgamation of art, poetry and classical music in medieval India. Ragamala paintings were created in most schools of Indian painting, starting in the 16th and 17th centuries and are today named accordingly, as Pahari Ragamala, Rajasthan or Rajput Ragamala, Deccan Ragamala, and Mughal Ragamala.

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