Radha Krishna

Detail, Krishna and Radha with Milkmaids, Rajasthan, Kota.

Evening Concert

Details from a Mughal Painting

Shrinathji

Shrinathji is a form of Lord Krishna manifest as a child with dark complexion. He is shown with one arm raised to represent His lifting of the Govardhan hill to act as a shelter for the protection of his devotees.

The principal shrine of Shrinathji is situated at the temple town of Nathdwara, near Udaipur, Rajasthan. 

Nath means 'lord', 'protector' or 'refuge'. Shri and ji are honorific terms added to the names of deities or highly respected people.

More Elephants

Victoria & Albert Museum, Emperor Akbar inspecting a wild elephant, from Akbar, Emperor of India.

Elephant

Maharaja

Dancing

Victoria & Albert Museum, Two Girls joining hands and performing a Kathak Dance. Tempera. India, Mughal period, c.1675

Jahangir Hunting with a Falcon

Bodleian Library Collection

Adoration of the Goddess

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and two other divine beings pay homage to the Goddess, perhaps in the form of Parvati, living as an ascetic in the wilderness, accompanied by a deer.

Gitagovinda Series

Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Siege

detail

Gajendra Moksha

Mid 18th century.

Depicts Lord Vishnu rescuing the king of the elephants, Gajendra, from a crocodile. In his previous life, Gajendra had been a great king who failed to greet a visiting sage with respect. The sage cursed him to be reborn as an elephant because he sat heavily on his throne rather than rising to honour the sage. 

Garuda, the vehicle of Shri Vishnu, flies overhead.