Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds

Site Name: Chamba

Date: ca 1780 CE

Subject: From an usha-aniruddha series painted by a member of the Pandit Seu family. [Shiva and the Ganas Fight for Banasura against Krishna, Balarama and Garuda]

Site Name: Kangra

Date: ca 1775-81 CE

Subject: Leaf from a Gita Govinda series painted by members of the Pandit Seu family, possibly Khushala and Gaudhu. This set of paintings was made for Sansar Chand of Kangra and given by his son to the ruler of Tehri Garhwal. [The Sorrow of Krishna]

Site Name: Dundlod

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Subject: In order to create a hierarchical feudal aristocracy under the Queen-Empress, coats-of-arms were created for and by the princes and even their nobles. This one shows an ancestral warrior, the god Krishna, and a castle or fort. Just as their British overlords challenged the princes' assumed prerogatives and symbols of power, the princes often challenged plays for power and prestige by their nobles. The Thakur of Dundlod was chastised by the Jaipur durbar for describing his home as a castle rather than a fort. He still kept the address "Dundlod Castle" on his stationery but crossed out "castle" in correspondence with Jaipur. The structure was originally built in 1750 as a fort and not used as a residence until 1809. Today it is both a residence and a hotel. [Coat-of-Arms of a Thikana (estate) within Jaipur]

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Date: 1719 CE

Subject: From a Satsai of Bihari series. The large series of paintings is based on 700 couplets, often in the form of alamkaras, figures of speech such as similes and metaphors. [Radha's Tryst with Krishna]

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Date: ca 1012-1044 CE

Subject: Entrance wall, detail

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Date: 1400-1499 CE

Subject: Srikovil, south wall, Krsna sucking milk, view

Site Name: Kandiyur

Date: 800-899 CE

Subject: West wall, frieze (Venugopala), view

Site Name: Kandiyur

Date: 800-899 CE

Subject: South wall, frieze, (Krsna slaying Bakasura)

Site Name: Varkala

Date: 1600-1799 CE

Subject: Venugopala column

Site Name: Darasuram

Date: 1100-1199 CE

Subject: Chitrasena and Narada: This imagery alludes to the episode of Gandharva Chitrasena who was passing through the sky, spitting into the hands of the hermit, Kalava worshipping below. Narada devised a plan with Chitrasena to avoid Krishna's punishment of death for Chitrasena.