Krishna and the Gopis Bathing in the River Yamuna, Illustration from a Harivamsa series, attributable to Purkhu - Kangra Painting, circa 1800-15

This large and captivating painting of Krishna cavorting with the gopis in the Yamuna river is an illustration from the Harivamsa and can be associated with a dispersed series attributed by Goswamy and Fischer to Purkhu of Kangra. The Harivamsa, or genealogy of Hari, is a collection of stories mostly concerning the life of Krishna and is regarded as related to, and perhaps an appended part of, the Mahabharata.

Purkhu of Kangra (active circa 1780-1820) was the leading artist at the court of Raja Sansar Chand (r.1775-1823). He painted a number of large court scenes of the Kangra rulers and princes as well as several large-scale series illustrating various Hindu texts such as the Shiva Purana, the Rasikapriya, the Gita Govinda and the Harivamsa. Purkhu seems happiest when working in a large format and the series of manuscript illustrations attributed to him are among the largest in scale of the Pahari miniatures.

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Krishna Lures King Kalayavana to the Cave of Muchukunda where he is Burnt to Ashes, Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana series Kangra, Circa 1820–30

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A Folio from a Devi Mahatmaya Series, Madhu and Kaitabha with Brahma - Kangra Painting, Circa 1780

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Krishna and Radha with a Friend - Kangra or Guler Painting, Circa 1880

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Radha and Krishna Making Love - An Illustration from the Gita Govinda - Guler or Kangra Painting Circa 1775-80

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Krishna and Radha making love in a leafy bower on the banks of the Yamuna - Kangra or Guler Painting, C. 1780

The illustration depicts Krishna and Radha making love in a leafy bower on the banks of the Yamuna with papihas or weaver-birds cooing on the branches of a flowering tree beside them and cranes ambling gracefully on the emerald grass adjoining the silvery water in the distance.
The inscription on the verso, from the twelfth canto of the poem, describes the passionate union between the couple as they lie on a bed of tender leaves, their hips conjoined. Krishna smothers his beloved Radha's face with his ardent kisses and she in turn returns his kisses with equal passion.

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The Rainy Season - Kangra Painting, 19th century

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Krishna and the Call of the Flute - Kangra Painting, c1790

Krishna, holding his flute, dressed in gold with four fellow cowherders who gesture towards the dark sky with gold ribbons of lightning, one of the men herding he cows to safety, in the distance two women from a palace window gesture to a fireball descending from the clouds, surrounded by silver-flecked borders
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Final Adornment of Radha by Krishna, from a Gita Govinda Series - Kangra Painting, c1780

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Radha and Krishna in their Forest Love Nest - Kangra or Guler Painting, Late 18th Century

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Couple Making Love in Erotic Asana (Position) on a Palace Terrace at Night - Kangra, c1830-40

Medium: Opaque watercolour with gold on wasli
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Couple lie in lovemaking asana (position) on a palace terrace at night - Kangra c.1830-40

Medium: Opaque watercolour with gold on wasli.
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Shiva Carrying the Corpse of Sati on His Trident (Trishul), ca. 1800

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Shiva and Parvati with their sons Ganesha and Kartikeya - early 19th century, Kangra, Pahari Hills, India

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The Rama Setu to Lanka being built by the Monkeys and Bears - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India Circa 1850

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Goddess Kali on Shiva - Kangra Painting (1800 - 1825)

Medium: pigments and gold on paper

The great goddess Kali, embodying the forces of destruction, is on a rampage, and she is drunk on the blood of her victims. The supreme god Shiva assumes the position of a corpse atop a blazing funeral pyre. When Kali dances on his body, she recognizes her husband. Calmed, she grants him her powers.

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Ram and Sita - Kangra Painting 1780

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Radha celebrating Holi - 1788

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Krishna with flute - 18th Century

ca. 1790-1800 Rajput period

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Gopis searching for Krishna, Bhagavata Purana - 1780

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