cover image: Yashoda Holding Infant Krishna

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Yashoda Holding Infant Krishna

A Kangra style of painting, created on paper using watercolors. It shows Yashoda holding infant Krishna in her lap. Krishna is seen raising his finger towards the moon in the sky and insisting on to get it. Yashoda arranged a tub which is being filled with water. Yashoda is pointing the tub towards the reflection of the moon falling in the water. Four ladies and two cows are shown. In this painting, the ladies are dressed in ghanghara choli and odhani and children in jama.
miniature painting kangra painting
Identifier
AM-MIN-678
Material
paper
Pages
25.4 x 19.685 cm
Published in
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Type
Miniature Painting