{"id":44244,"date":"2018-02-28T15:32:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T10:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/?page_id=44244"},"modified":"2018-02-28T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T10:02:06","slug":"paintings-of-gita-govinda-from-forthcoming-dvd-rom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/online-digital-resources\/digital-images\/multimedia-projects\/paintings-of-gita-govinda-from-forthcoming-dvd-rom\/","title":{"rendered":"Paintings of Gita Govinda from Forthcoming DVD-ROM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<h3 class=\"hdng\">Paintings of Gita Govinda from Forthcoming DVD-ROM<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cntr\">\n<div class=\"wonderpluginslider-container\" id=\"wonderpluginslider-container-1160\" style=\"max-width:840px;margin:0 auto;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"wonderpluginslider\" id=\"wonderpluginslider-1160\" data-sliderid=\"1160\" data-width=\"840\" data-height=\"360\" data-skin=\"classic\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-randomplay=\"false\" data-loadimageondemand=\"false\" data-transitiononfirstslide=\"false\" data-autoplayvideo=\"false\" data-isresponsive=\"true\" data-fullwidth=\"false\" data-isfullscreen=\"false\" data-ratioresponsive=\"false\" data-showtext=\"true\" data-showtimer=\"true\" data-showbottomshadow=\"true\" data-navshowpreview=\"true\" data-textautohide=\"true\" data-lightboxresponsive=\"true\" data-lightboxshownavigation=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"true\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"false\" data-texteffectresponsive=\"true\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-lightboxfullscreenmode=\"false\" data-lightboxcloseonoverlay=\"true\" data-lightboxvideohidecontrols=\"false\" data-lightboxnogroup=\"false\" data-lightboxautoslide=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtimer=\"true\" data-lightboxshowplaybutton=\"true\" data-lightboxalwaysshownavarrows=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtitleprefix=\"true\" data-titleusealt=\"false\" data-outputtext=\"false\" data-scalemode=\"fill\" data-arrowstyle=\"mouseover\" data-transition=\"slice\" data-loop=\"0\" data-border=\"0\" data-slideinterval=\"8000\" data-arrowimage=\"arrows-32-32-0.png\" data-arrowwidth=\"32\" data-arrowheight=\"32\" data-arrowtop=\"50\" data-arrowmargin=\"8\" data-navstyle=\"bullets\" data-navimage=\"bullet-24-24-0.png\" data-navwidth=\"24\" data-navheight=\"24\" data-navspacing=\"8\" data-navmarginx=\"16\" data-navmarginy=\"16\" data-navposition=\"bottom\" data-playvideoimage=\"playvideo-64-64-0.png\" data-playvideoimagewidth=\"64\" data-playvideoimageheight=\"64\" data-lightboxthumbwidth=\"90\" data-lightboxthumbheight=\"60\" data-lightboxthumbtopmargin=\"12\" data-lightboxthumbbottommargin=\"4\" data-lightboxbarheight=\"64\" data-lightboxtitlebottomcss=\"color:#333; 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Krishna dances with a gopi. Forest huts hum with droning bees and crying cuckoos. Soft sandal mountain winds caress quivering vines of clove... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century, presently in the collection of Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi. The Bundi painter communicates the emotive states of Radha and Krishna through line drawing. Radha and Krishna are placed in different spatial areas. Scholar Kapila Vatsyayan introduces the painting set\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi02.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Two women sit in conversation, one reflective, and the other agitated. Bees swarm over flowers clusterd to fill Momosa&#39;s branches. Lonely wives of travellers whine in love&#39;s mad fantasies... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi03.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Two women sit in conversation, one reflective, and the other agitated. Bees swarm over flowers clusterd to fill Momosa&#39;s branches. Lonely wives of travellers whine in love&#39;s mad fantasies... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi04.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Lonely woman stands anxiously. Kama shoots arrows of love. Tamala trees&#39; fresh leaves absorb strong scents of deer musk... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi05.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Lonely woman stands anxiously. Kama shoots arrows of love. Tamala trees&#39; fresh leaves absorb strong scents of deer musk... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi06.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Cactus spikes pierce the sky to wound deserted lovers. Gleaming saffron flower pistils are golden scepters of Love. Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi07.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Intimate bonds with young things bewilder een hermit hearts. Intimate bonds with young things bewilder even hermit hearts. Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi08.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Wind perfumes the forest with fine pollen... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1jaim01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"When spring&#39;s mood is rich, Hari roams here to dance with young women friend-- A cruel time for deserted lovers. Examples of paintings from Jaipur Amber school, 19th century from the collection of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1jpur01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Krishna and gopy . Quivering vines of clove. Note: Tree as divider of space. Kama shoots arrow of love. Krishna with a gopy. Jayadev. Budding mango trees tremble from the embrace of rising vines&#39; an example of north Gujarat painting, 17th century, presently in the collection of the Maharaja Sawai Mansingh museum, Jaipur, Rajasthan.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1jaur01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"When spring&#39;s mood is rich, Hari roams here to dance with young women... Jaur (Rajasthan) Gita-Govinda was executed in the late 16th century. The paintings are on a flat surface with horizontal spatial divisions. The pointed nose and the extended eye are distinguising features.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1kngr01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Forest huts hum with droning bees and crying cuckoos.. examples of the Kangra Gita-Govinda, 18th century. The distinguishing features are undulating hills and valleys, trees and blossoms. Radha and Krishna are depicted more naturalistically. Click here to see scholar Kapila Vatsyayan introduce the Kangra set.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Sakhi speaks to Radha. Note: Banana tree is used as a spatial divider in Mewari paintings. Krishna dances with the gopis. Kama and consort Rati shoots the arrowes of desire. Empty bower, perhaps the painter is alluding to the moment of final dissolution. Note: Banana tree is used as a spatial divider in Mewari paintings. Solitary Jayadev reinforces that Spring time is a cruel time for separate lovers. Soft sandal mountain winds caress quivering vines of clove... See examples of Mewari Gita-Govinda composed in the mid-17th century, presently in the Saraswati Bhandar, Udaipur, Rajasthan. The painter of this set of paintings has a deep understanding of the verbal imagery and metaphors of the poem. The painter recreates a a pictorial imagery to match the verbal metaphor, as also the metrical patterns of the poem. The paintings become like a musical composition with a refrain. Figures of Krishna and Radha are repeated in the same pictorial space. Click here to see scholar Kapila Vatsyayan introduce the Mewari set.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar02.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Sakhi describes to Radha the season of spring. Krishna dances with the gopis. Lonely wives of travellers whine in love&#39;s mad fantasies. Separated lover. Kama shoots arrows of Love. Spring time is a cruel time for separeted lover. Lonely wives of travellers whine in love&#39;s mad fantasies\u2026\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar03.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Sakhi describes the season of spring. Krishna&#39;s dance is taking place in front of the Jumna. Krishna dances with the gopis. Flame tree petals tear at young hearts. Tamala trees leaves absorbs scents of deer musk. Poet Jayadev is singing the Gita-Govinda. Tamala trees&#39; fresh leaves absorb strong scents of deer musk\u2026\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar04.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Sakhi describes the dance of Krishna in spring time. Gleaming saffron flower pistils are golden scepters of Love\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar05.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Cactus spikes, the arrows of love, wound lovers... Cactus spikes pierce the sky... Sakhi describes the season of spring. Gopi garlands Krishna, another claps. Krishna holds a gopi. Gopi out of control dancing in abandon. People dance to the mood of spring.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar06.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Radha listens to the Sakhi; Creepers fall over them. Krishna dances with the gopis. Kama shoots the arrows of Love. Intimate bonds with young things bewilder even hermit hearts. Domestic scenes. Scents of twining creepers mingle with perfumes of fresh garlands. Intimate bonds with young things bewilder hermit hearts.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar07.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Radha and Sakhi, but in this painting they are close to the gopis. Kama shoots at Radha. Gopi filling her syringe to spray water on Krishna. Krishna dances with the gopis. The Jumna river. Banana tree, used as a spatial divider in Mewari painting. Houses, terraces, courtyards, and inhabitants of Brindaban. Brindaban forest is washed by meandering Jumna river\u2026\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar08.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Jayadev and devotees. Gopis playing holi with Krishna. Kama shoots arrow at a couple. Radha listens to Sakhi&#39;s description of spring. Jayadev&#39;s song evokes the potent memory of Hari&#39;s feet...\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar09.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"The Sakhi points at Krishna and the gopis. Kama shoots at Radha. Winds sweeps the plants and creepers. Winds sweeps the plants and creepers. Separated lover. Wind perfumes the forest with fine pollen\u2026\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar10.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Lonely traveler holds his ears -- incessant sound of the cuckoos. Travellers somehow survive the Spring in the hoe of union, as suggested by the two figures. Anxious traveler. Traveler journeys towards union, (mystical union) suggested by the woman looking at the union of Krishna and the gopis. Kama shoots arrows of Love. Sakhi explains to Radha how lonely travellers survive the spring. Somehow lonely travellers survive the spring days by tasting the mood of lover&#39;s union.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-img-elem amazingsliderimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Flowing Jumna river with lotuses. Krishna revels in many women&#39;s embraces. Sakhi bridges the scene of Krishna and the gopis and that of Radha and Sakhi. Sakhi sings about Krishna&#39;s dalliance with the gopis. Pointing to Mura&#39;s defeater reveling in many women&#39;s embraces, the Sakhi sang to make Radha look back.\" \/><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"amazingslider-thumbnails\"  style=\"display:none;\"><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Gopi keep time with manjira. Krishna dances with a gopi. Forest huts hum with droning bees and crying cuckoos. Soft sandal mountain winds caress quivering vines of clove... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century, presently in the collection of Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi. The Bundi painter communicates the emotive states of Radha and Krishna through line drawing. Radha and Krishna are placed in different spatial areas. Scholar Kapila Vatsyayan introduces the painting set\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi02.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Two women sit in conversation, one reflective, and the other agitated. Bees swarm over flowers clusterd to fill Momosa&#39;s branches. Lonely wives of travellers whine in love&#39;s mad fantasies... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi03.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Two women sit in conversation, one reflective, and the other agitated. Bees swarm over flowers clusterd to fill Momosa&#39;s branches. Lonely wives of travellers whine in love&#39;s mad fantasies... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi04.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Lonely woman stands anxiously. Kama shoots arrows of love. Tamala trees&#39; fresh leaves absorb strong scents of deer musk... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi05.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Lonely woman stands anxiously. Kama shoots arrows of love. Tamala trees&#39; fresh leaves absorb strong scents of deer musk... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi06.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Cactus spikes pierce the sky to wound deserted lovers. Gleaming saffron flower pistils are golden scepters of Love. Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi07.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Intimate bonds with young things bewilder een hermit hearts. Intimate bonds with young things bewilder even hermit hearts. Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1bndi08.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Wind perfumes the forest with fine pollen... Paintings in the Bundi style, 18th century\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1jaim01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"When spring&#39;s mood is rich, Hari roams here to dance with young women friend-- A cruel time for deserted lovers. Examples of paintings from Jaipur Amber school, 19th century from the collection of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1jpur01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Krishna and gopy . Quivering vines of clove. Note: Tree as divider of space. Kama shoots arrow of love. Krishna with a gopy. Jayadev. Budding mango trees tremble from the embrace of rising vines&#39; an example of north Gujarat painting, 17th century, presently in the collection of the Maharaja Sawai Mansingh museum, Jaipur, Rajasthan.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1jaur01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"When spring&#39;s mood is rich, Hari roams here to dance with young women... Jaur (Rajasthan) Gita-Govinda was executed in the late 16th century. The paintings are on a flat surface with horizontal spatial divisions. The pointed nose and the extended eye are distinguising features.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1kngr01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Forest huts hum with droning bees and crying cuckoos.. examples of the Kangra Gita-Govinda, 18th century. The distinguishing features are undulating hills and valleys, trees and blossoms. Radha and Krishna are depicted more naturalistically. Click here to see scholar Kapila Vatsyayan introduce the Kangra set.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Sakhi speaks to Radha. Note: Banana tree is used as a spatial divider in Mewari paintings. Krishna dances with the gopis. Kama and consort Rati shoots the arrowes of desire. Empty bower, perhaps the painter is alluding to the moment of final dissolution. Note: Banana tree is used as a spatial divider in Mewari paintings. Solitary Jayadev reinforces that Spring time is a cruel time for separate lovers. Soft sandal mountain winds caress quivering vines of clove... See examples of Mewari Gita-Govinda composed in the mid-17th century, presently in the Saraswati Bhandar, Udaipur, Rajasthan. The painter of this set of paintings has a deep understanding of the verbal imagery and metaphors of the poem. The painter recreates a a pictorial imagery to match the verbal metaphor, as also the metrical patterns of the poem. The paintings become like a musical composition with a refrain. Figures of Krishna and Radha are repeated in the same pictorial space. Click here to see scholar Kapila Vatsyayan introduce the Mewari set.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar02.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Sakhi describes to Radha the season of spring. Krishna dances with the gopis. Lonely wives of travellers whine in love&#39;s mad fantasies. Separated lover. Kama shoots arrows of Love. Spring time is a cruel time for separeted lover. Lonely wives of travellers whine in love&#39;s mad fantasies\u2026\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar03.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Sakhi describes the season of spring. Krishna&#39;s dance is taking place in front of the Jumna. Krishna dances with the gopis. Flame tree petals tear at young hearts. Tamala trees leaves absorbs scents of deer musk. Poet Jayadev is singing the Gita-Govinda. Tamala trees&#39; fresh leaves absorb strong scents of deer musk\u2026\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar04.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Sakhi describes the dance of Krishna in spring time. Gleaming saffron flower pistils are golden scepters of Love\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar05.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Cactus spikes, the arrows of love, wound lovers... Cactus spikes pierce the sky... Sakhi describes the season of spring. Gopi garlands Krishna, another claps. Krishna holds a gopi. Gopi out of control dancing in abandon. People dance to the mood of spring.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar06.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Radha listens to the Sakhi; Creepers fall over them. Krishna dances with the gopis. Kama shoots the arrows of Love. Intimate bonds with young things bewilder even hermit hearts. Domestic scenes. Scents of twining creepers mingle with perfumes of fresh garlands. Intimate bonds with young things bewilder hermit hearts.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar07.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Radha and Sakhi, but in this painting they are close to the gopis. Kama shoots at Radha. Gopi filling her syringe to spray water on Krishna. Krishna dances with the gopis. The Jumna river. Banana tree, used as a spatial divider in Mewari painting. Houses, terraces, courtyards, and inhabitants of Brindaban. Brindaban forest is washed by meandering Jumna river\u2026\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar08.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Jayadev and devotees. Gopis playing holi with Krishna. Kama shoots arrow at a couple. Radha listens to Sakhi&#39;s description of spring. Jayadev&#39;s song evokes the potent memory of Hari&#39;s feet...\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar09.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"The Sakhi points at Krishna and the gopis. Kama shoots at Radha. Winds sweeps the plants and creepers. Winds sweeps the plants and creepers. Separated lover. Wind perfumes the forest with fine pollen\u2026\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar10.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Lonely traveler holds his ears -- incessant sound of the cuckoos. Travellers somehow survive the Spring in the hoe of union, as suggested by the two figures. Anxious traveler. Traveler journeys towards union, (mystical union) suggested by the woman looking at the union of Krishna and the gopis. Kama shoots arrows of Love. Sakhi explains to Radha how lonely travellers survive the spring. Somehow lonely travellers survive the spring days by tasting the mood of lover&#39;s union.\" \/><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazingslider-thumbnail-elem amazingsliderthumbnailimg\" src=\"\/images\/gg05\/big\/b1mwar11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-description=\"Flowing Jumna river with lotuses. Krishna revels in many women&#39;s embraces. Sakhi bridges the scene of Krishna and the gopis and that of Radha and Sakhi. Sakhi sings about Krishna&#39;s dalliance with the gopis. Pointing to Mura&#39;s defeater reveling in many women&#39;s embraces, the Sakhi sang to make Radha look back.\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paintings of Gita Govinda from Forthcoming DVD-ROM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50279,"featured_media":0,"parent":30883,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44257,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44244\/revisions\/44257"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}