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I am collecting Indian Heritage and culture related vintage postcards, paintings, prints etc. and exhibited them at several locations across India in various events and also sharing them with school and college children by giving presentations to them on Indian Heritage and Culture with my collections and also documenting puppetry etc. intangible performances.
Showing posts with label Sri Krishna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sri Krishna. Show all posts

Friday, 4 September 2015

Baby Sri Krishna temple wall paintings photographs




These are Baby Sri Krishna temple wall paintings photographs taken in a Lord Sri Krishna temple.
























Radha Krishna (Radha and Krishna) paintings and art prints









Radha Krishna (IAST rādhā-kṛṣṇa, Sanskrit राधा कृष्ण) are collectively known within Hinduism as the combination of both the feminine as well as the masculine aspects of God. Krishna is often referred as svayam bhagavan in Gaudiya Vaishnavism theology and Radha is Krishna's supreme beloved. With Krishna, Radha is acknowledged as the Supreme Goddess, for it is said that she controls Krishna with Her love. It is believed that Krishna enchants the world, but Radha "enchants even Him. Therefore She is the supreme goddess of all. Radha Krishna". While there are much earlier references to the worship of this form of God, it is since Jayadeva Goswami wrote a famous poem Gita Govinda in the twelfth century of the Common Era, that the topic of the spiritual love affair between the divine Krishna and his devotee Radha, became a theme celebrated throughout India. It is believed that Krishna has left the circle of the rasa dance to search for Radha. The Chaitanya school believes that the name and identity of Radha are both revealed and concealed in the verse describing this incident in Bhagavata Purana. It is also believed that Radha is not just one cowherd maiden, but is the origin of all the gopis, or divine personalities that participate in the rasa dance.


NameRadhaKrishna cannot be broken into two – Krishna (Devanagari:कृष्ण), the eighth incarnation (Avatar) of Vishnu., and his shakti Radha(Devanagari: राधा)such was the love of Radha towards Krishna that they became one. Krishna in Vrindavana is sometimes depicted with Radha standing on his left, on whose bosom sits Lakshmi.

The above text courtesy on Radha Krishna is taken from wikipedia.org website.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha_Krishna

In my collection i have some Radha Krishna paintings and vintage art prints. 

These are 2 different Radha Krishna madhubani cloth paintings in my collection.



This is Radha Krishna madhubani paper painting in my collection.


This is Radha Krishna vintage Gujarati language art postcard in my collection.



These are 3 different Radha Krishna vintage art prints in my collection.





Thursday, 3 September 2015

Lord Sri Krishna Kaliyamardhanam kalamkari paintings





Kaliya (Kāliya, Devanagari: कालिय), in Hindu tradition, Kaliya was the name of a poisonous Naga living in the Yamuna River, in Vrindavan. The water of the Yamuna for four leagues all around him boiled and bubbled with poison. No bird or beast could go near, and only one solitary Kadamba tree grew on the river bank.
The proper home of Kāliya was Ramanaka Dwipa, but he had been driven away from there by fear of  Gardua, the foe of all serpents. Garuda had been cursed by a yogi dwelling at Vrindavan so that he could not come to Vrindavan without meeting his death. Therefore Kāliya chose Vrindavan as his residence, knowing it was the only place where Garuda could not come.
Once Krishna and  other boys were playing ball, and while playing Krishna climbed up the Kadamba tree and hung over the river bank, the ball fell into the river and Krishna jumped after it. Kāliya rose up with his hundred and ten hoods vomiting poison and wrapped himself around Krishna's body. Krishna became so huge that Kāliya had to release him. So Krishna saved himself from every attack, and when he saw the Brij folk were so much afraid he suddenly sprang into Kāliya's head and assumed the weight of the whole universe, and danced on the naga's heads, beating time with his feet. Then Kāliya began to die. But then the naga's wives came and prayed to Krishna with joined palms, worshipping Krishna and praying for their husband.
Kāliya, recognizing the greatness of Krishna, surrendered, promising he would not harass anybody. So Krishna pardoned him and then let him go free to leave the river and go to Ramanaka Dwipa. 
The above text courtesy on Kaliyamardhanam is from the widipedia.org website. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliya

In my collection i have 2 different Lord Sri Krishna Kaliyamardhanam kalamkari paintings.







This is a sculpture of Lord Sri Krishna Kaliyamardhanam in a temple. This sculpture is decorated with lighting.





























This is a Lord Sri Krishna Kaliyamardhanam vintage art print in my collection.


Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Lord Sri Krishna teaching Bhagad Gita to Arjuna sculpture photographs


These are Lord Sri Krishna teaching Bhagad Gita to Arjuna sculpture photographs. I am taking these Lord Sri Krishna teaching Bhagad Gita to Arjuna sculpture photographs in 2 different temples.



Lord Sri Krishna playing the Flute sculpture photographs



These are 2 different Lord Sri Krishna playing the Flute sculpture photographs. I am taking these photographs in a very old temple. Due to very old temple the faces in these sculptures are not visible clearly.