Krishna Playing with the Gopis in the Yamuna

c. 1770
Location: not on view
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Krishna playfully splashes one of the women who turns her face away.

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After Krishna raised Mount Govardhan, he began to play erotically with the girls of his village. Under a scorching sun, Krishna and three milkmaids enjoy the cooling waters of the Yamuna River. The women neatly stack their clothes on a nearby tree, and Krishna’s crown and scarf rest by the bank. Krishna playfully splashes one of the women, and she turns her face away. This scene evokes the joy of spending life in intimacy with the god Krishna.
Krishna Playing with the Gopis in the Yamuna

Krishna Playing with the Gopis in the Yamuna

c. 1770

Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Nurpur

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