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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Gorgeous Krishna Plays The Flute To His Cow


The sculpture you see on this page is loaded with a woodwind set on His lips, the sunset blue composition of His roopa, and the tribhang (extending out in three points along the structure) pose. It is a contemporary, high-expertise imitation of the sorts of life-sized carvings to be found on antiquated sanctuary dividers of the South. 


The handsome young cowherd as one of His cows for an audience. There is not a more iconic duo in Indian culture than Lord Krishna with His beloved bovine companion.It makes for an image that is superlatively holy in terms of iconography, the cow being the sacred maternal figure in the Indian psyche. The rich pastel hues of the colour-palette symbolise the fullness of their relationship, much sung about in devotional literature revolving around the youthful Deva


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