CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Torso, from left; Krishna Govardhana

Subject: Head, from right; Krishna Govardhana

Subject: Yasodha with Balrama and Krishna. Yasodha is Krishna's foster mother. She also played an important role in raising Krishna's elder brother Balarama (the son of Rohini) and sister Subhadra. Here we see Krishna and Balarama with Yasodha. Odisha is famous for such wooden objects. Often, gambhari or beech wood, the local wood is used for the carvings as it has a fine texture and is light-cream color though other woods may also be used.

Subject: Purana; Krishna Sporting with the Gopis in the Jumna

Subject: Center portion, Krishna Sporting with the Gopis in the Jumna

Subject: The Drive to Mathura; Akura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura

Subject: Grieving Gopis; Akura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura

Subject: Krishna and Balarama; Akura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura

Subject: Krishna and the cowherd children picnic under a kadam tree, and the gods look down upon them. Brahma teases Krishna by hiding the calves and cowherds in a cave for a year

Subject: Lower left portion, Picnic with the cowherds; Krishna and the cowherd children picnic under a kadam tree, and the gods look down upon them. Brahma teases Krishna by hiding the calves and cowherds in a cave for a year

Subject: Upper right portion, Snake demon; Krishna and the cowherd children picnic under a kadam tree, and the gods look down upon them. Brahma teases Krishna by hiding the calves and cowherds in a cave for a year

Subject: Hindu God Krishna Being Dressed in Women's Clothes for Spring Festival Holi

Subject: Center portion, Krishna with female attendants; Hindu God Krishna Being Dressed in Women's Clothes for Spring Festival Holi

Subject: Sangita-Mandapa; Painted ceiling; Scenes from the life of Krishna (top to bottom): 1. Krishna raising up the Mount Govardhana; Krishna doing trivikrama; Nanda's flight from the village with his cowherds and cattle out of fear for Kamsa; Krishna assuring Nanda of his strength by lifting on the way a huge stone column, thus prevailing him to return to the village 2. Krishna plucking a lotus flower from a tank guarded by a naga, after subduing it; Krishna subjugating an infuriated elephant set up against him by Kamsa; Baladeva informing Krishna, while wrestling with the latter; Krishna vanquishing a wrestler; Krishna killing Kamsa; Baladeva and Vasudeva appeasing the public 3. Ugrasena and his wife Padmavati, Vasudeva and Devaki, Samudravijaya and his wife Sivadevi, Krishna victory over Mahabala 4. The battle between Krishna and Aparajita; ruse employed and the return of Kaalayava 5. The flight of the Yadavas under Krishna's leadership; Krishna doing penance; Krishna dreaming of the deva Gautama who offered to take Krishna on his back as a horse and to find for him a new land; realization of the dream; finding of the city of Dvaraka.

Subject: Buddha: In South India, the Buddhist and Jain faiths were quite vital in the Chola period. Buddhist monasteries attracted donations of individual images of the Buddha and Buddhist deities. The early arrival of Buddhism in south India is evident from the ancient Buddhist monastic sites that dot Godavari and Krishna basins of the Andhra region as well as literary sources. However with the upsurge of Shaiva nayanmars and the Vaishnava alvars, the power of Buddhists greatly reduced. Buddhism received new impetus during the eleventh century partly because of the arrival of a colony of Buddhists from the kingdom of Shrivijaya in Indonesia. In this image of Buddha, he has a serenely elegant face and elongated ear lobes, stands erect with his right hand raised in the abhaya gesture of protection and his left lowered in the varada gesture of wish granting. His head is covered with tiny curls, and rising from the top of the head in a stylized flame, characteristic of south Indian images of Buddha. His monastic robe covers his shoulders and the scalloped folds along its lower outer edges is a feature that becomes highly pronounced from the twelfth century onwards. Chola Buddhist bronzes are portable images intended for processional festivities as is evident from the holes in the Buddha's circular lotus pedestal intended to help hoist the image and the ceremonial aspects of Hindu and Buddhist images overlapped considerably. This is the front and the back view of the image.

Subject: Sangita-Mandapa; Painted ceiling; Scenes from the life of Neminatha (top to bottom): 1. Krishna in court, when he heard the blast produced on the conch by Neminatha 2. The marriage procession of Neminatha 3. The Laukantika-devas reminding Neminatha that it was time for diksha 4. Neminatha proceeding in a palanquin for diksha to the garden sahasramravana 5. The diksha ceremony and subsequent penance.

Subject: Sangita-Mandapa; Painted ceiling; Scenes from the life of Neminatha (top to bottom): 1. Krishna in court, when he heard the blast produced on the conch by Neminatha 2. The marriage procession of Neminatha and spectacle of the sickly and frightened animals.

Subject: Sangita-Mandapa; Painted ceiling; Scenes from the life of Neminatha (top to bottom): 1. The janmabhisheka ceremony; return of the party to the city; Devendra dancing after installing the child on a throne 2. Krishna requesting Neminatha to look after the city of Dvaraka during his absence away on war with Jarasandha; war between Krishna and Jarasandha 3. Krishna crowned as chakravartin.

Subject: Sangita-Mandapa; Painted ceiling; Scenes from the life of Krishna (top to bottom): 1. The flight of the Yadavas under Krishna's leadership; Krishna doing penance; Krishna dreaming of the deva Gautama who offered to take Krishna on his back as a horse and to find for him a new land; realization of the dream; finding of the city of Dvaraka Scenes from the life of Neminatha: 2. Samudravijya and his wife Sivadevi who is narrating her dreams to her husband, birth of Neminatha; the janmabhisheka ceremony; Devas placing their child on the back of Airavata and proceeding to Mount-Meru to perform janmabhisheka of the child 3. The janmabhisheka ceremony; return of the party to the city; Devendra dancing after installing the child on a throne 4. Krishna requesting Neminatha to look after the city of Dvaraka; fight between Krishna and Jarasandha

Subject: Sangita-Mandapa; Painted ceiling; Scenes from the life of Krishna (top to bottom): 1. The battle between Krishna and Aparajita; ruse employed and the return of Kaalayava 2. The flight of the Yadavas under Krishna's leadership; Krishna doing penance; Krishna dreaming of the deva Gautama who offered to take Krishna on his back as a horse and to find for him a new land; realization of the dream; finding of the city of Dvaraka 3. Samudravijya and his wife Sivadevi who is narrating her dreams to her husband, birth of Neminatha; the janmabhisheka ceremony; Devas placing their child on the back of Airavata and proceeding to Mount-Meru to perform janmabhisheka of the child.

Subject: Sangita-Mandapa; Painted ceiling; Scenes from the life of Krishna (top to bottom): 1. Kamsa and his consort Jivadyasa; Devaki being married to Vasudeva; birth of Krishna 2. Baladeva removing the child from the chamber of nativity; Vasudeva holding a white umbrella over the child; the presiding deity of the city, in the form of a bull, showing Baladeva the way; the city gate opened; the river Jumna divided and gave him way; Baladeva delivering the child unto the care of Nanda Gopa 3. Sports of Krishna and the annihilation of seven evil sprits sent by Kamsa 4. Krishna raising up the Mount Govardhana; Krishna doing trivikrama; Nanda's flight from the village with his cowherds and cattle out of fear for Kamsa; Krishna assuring Nanda of his strength by lifting on the way a huge stone column, thus prevailing him to return to the village 5. Krishna plucking a lotus flower from a tank guarded by a naga, after subduing it; Krishna subjugating an infuriated elephant set up against him by Kamsa; Baladeva informing Krishna, while wrestling with the latter; Krishna vanquishing a wrestler; Krishna killing Kamsa; Baladeva and Vasudeva appeasing the public 6. Ugrasena and his wife Padmavati, Vasudeva and Devaki, Samudravijaya and his wife Sivadevi, Krishna victory over Mahabala 7. The battle between Krishna and Aparajita; ruse employed and the return of Kaalayava.

Subject: The town of Govardhan is known for its 16th c. Harideva Temple and cenotaphs of the maharajas. Krishna is said to have held up Mount Govardhan to protect people from rains sent by Indra. [Palace and Tank Built by Rajah Bulman Singh Goverdhun]

Subject: Sangita-Mandapa; Painted ceiling; Scenes from the life of Krishna (top to bottom): 1. Kamsa and his consort Jivadyasa; Devaki being married to Vasudeva; birth of Krishna 2. Baladeva removing the child from the chamber of nativity; Vasudeva holding a white umbrella over the child; the presiding deity of the city, in the form of a bull, showing Baladeva the way; the city gate opened; the river Jumna divided and gave him way; Baladeva delivering the child unto the care of Nanda Gopa 3. sports of Krishna and the annihilation of seven evil sprits sent by Kamsa-the seventh evil spirit that came as a woman offering Krishna milk from her breasts smeared with poison; subjugation of the deva Arishta, who came as a bull to test Krishna's strength; Devaki, Baladeva and Vasudeva arriving just then on the scene, and Devaki admiring her son with motherly love, milk flowing out of her breasts spontaneously.

Subject: Murals in Maharaja Suraj Mal's cenotaph, from left to right: Krishna & Radha playing holi, a durbar scene, Krishna pacifying angry Radha