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Radha and Krishna Celebrating Holi
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The painting depicts Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right, and his consort, Radha, participating in Holi festivities with a group of men and women. Holi, known as the “festival of colors”, is a Hindu holiday that celebrates victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. To celebrate, people throw colors at each other in the form of dried powder or water sprays. Rajput Style, Mawar School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
Title: Radha and Krishna Celebrating Holi
Description:
The painting depicts Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right, and his consort, Radha, participating in Holi festivities with a group of men and women.
Holi, known as the “festival of colors”, is a Hindu holiday that celebrates victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring.
To celebrate, people throw colors at each other in the form of dried powder or water sprays.
Rajput Style, Mawar School.
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