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Worship of Dvaraka Nathji at Kankroli

c. 1880

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota

Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 32.8 x 25.2 cm (12 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2001.161
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The four-armed sculpture on the altar is understood by followers of the Pushti Marg system as a living embodiment of Krishna, who generated another pair of arms when playing hide-and-seek with his favorite milkmaid, Radha. The sculpture is called Dvaraka Nathji, and his shrine is located in Kankroli, near Nathdwara in northwestern India. The golden cows adorn a textile backdrop (pichvai) behind the sculpture and reference Krishna’s youth in a cowherd village.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and gold painting depicts the god Dvaraka Nathji, shown as a small black figure in a central shrine, flanked by two men with light skin tones in yellow robes. On our left, an older man with white hair holds his hands together. On our right, another man holds a circular fan. Behind them, rows of gold cows decorate a black wall beneath a red ceiling.

Worship of Dvaraka Nathji at Kankroli

c. 1880

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota

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