Indian Art Sohni Mahiwal by Sobha Singh Original Licenced gloss Print from India

Sohni Mahiwal   or  Suhni Mehar   (Sindhi:سھڻي ميھار ‎; Punjabi :  سوہݨی مہین٘وال , ਸੋਹਣੀ ਮਹੀਂਵਾਲ ) is one of the seven popular tragic romances of Sindh. 

In Punjab , it is one of the four most popular romances. 

Sohni Mahiwal is a tragic love story of two soulmates who find each other and fall in love. The heroine Sohni, unhappily married to a man she despises, swims every night across the river using an earthenware pot to keep afloat in the water, to where her beloved Mahiwal herds buffaloes. One night her sister-in-law replaces the earthenware pot with a vessel of unbaked clay, which dissolves in water and she dies in the whirling waves of the river.

Sindhi version of the tale (c) wikipedia 

The folk story of Suhni Mehar composed by Shah Latif is an old Sindhi folk narration.

Suhni belonged to the Samtia clan and was the daughter of Jarkat Samtio. While Mehar belonged to the Nagamro clan of Sindh and was the son of Gehwar Jam. Mehar's original name was Saahar. This folk narration belongs to the period of the start of the Soomra dynasty in Sindh in the 10th century.  T his narration is connected with one of the outlets of the Indus River, named Luhano Dhoro which then turned to flow west of Shadapur city .   During the Arab period, this river used to flow on the east side of Shahdadpur city.

Punjabi version of the tale (c) wikipedia In the 18th century (late Mughal   period), the beautiful girl Sohni was born to a potter named Tulla (Toolha). They were from the  Kumahar castle,  and lived in Gujrat Punjab . At the time, Gujrat, on the river Chenab , was a  caravanseri  on the trade route between  Bukhara and Delhi.

As Sohni grew up, she helped her father decorate his pots. Their shop is said to have been near Rampyari Mahal by the river.[16]   As soon as the  Surahis   (water-pitchers) and mugs came off the wheel, she would draw artistic designs on them and set them up for sale.

This Picture you are buying is not the original. BUT it is an Original licenced gloss print of the original classic painting by Sobha Singh.  Reproduced with the kind permission of Maharaja Dr. Karan Singh Jee.

• Condition: Used
• Artist: jobha singh
• Unit of Sale: Single Piece
• Image Orientation: Portrait
• Size: Large
• Signed: No
• Title: Sohni Mahiwal
• Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
• Region of Origin: india
• Framing: Unframed
• Type: Gloss Print
• Item Height: 66.5 cm
• Style: Contemporary Art, Indian, Clasic Indian
• Theme: Everlasting Love
• Features: Limited Edition
• Country/Region of Manufacture: India
• Culture: Punjab & Sindhi
• Item Width: 47.5 cm

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